Order of Questions
O’Malley complained that Question No. 11 had not been reached, while the Chair explained that Questions 10 and 33 were taken together to allow supplementaries before priority-question time.
What about question No. 11? It was to be dealt with nearly a quarter of an hour ago. Question No. 33, which is a priority question, was answered.
Comment on this
The Deputy should not assume the Chair is always wrong. The Chair is nearly always right.
Comment on this
It was a deliberate attempt on the part of the Minister to see that the next question would not be reached.
Comment on this
The Chair deliberately, at the request of the Deputy Leader of your party, insisted that Nos. 10 and 33 be taken together so that Deputy Keating would have a fair chance of putting supplementaries before we got into priority questions time.