Before moving on to Question No. 17, I want to make a small point of order in respect of Question No. 16 which was simply to ask the Minister if he had examined the draft constitution of the Permanent Defence Force Representative Association.

Sorry, Question No. 16 has been disposed of.

It was taken in priority time.

That is so.

It was not answered.

It does not arise now Deputy.

On a point of order——

Deputy, in respect of this matter there is no point of order. Question No. 16 was disposed of with the previous question.

If you would bear with me——

Question No. 17 please. Is the Deputy defying the Chair in the matter?

Not at all.

Is it not clear to the Deputy that it was disposed of with a previous question?

I did not seek to intervene in priority time because of the importance——

Because you were not allowed to intervene; you were not entitled to intervene.

May I ask——

I am sorry, it cannot and does not arise now.

I think this is unfair.

I will not allow Deputy McCartan to circumvent my ruling in this matter. He will now resume his seat.

I am not seeking to circumvent your ruling.

Deputy McCartan please resume your seat.

I believe this is an important issue.

I shall have to ask the Deputy to leave the House if he persists in challenging the Chair in the matter of a clear issue.

On a point of order, we did not get an opportunity to discuss it.

Question No. 17, please.

He has not told us whether he got the draft constitutions.

This is disgraceful conduct.

I am trying to get some answer.

In the proper fashion, according to the rules which I administer.