I wish to raise a point of order, I am entitled to do that.

Question No. 10 has been called.

I am entitled to raise a point of order.

No, Deputy I will not hear a point of order.

I am entitled to raise a point of order.

The Deputy is not entitled to disrupt the Chair in this fashion.

Perhaps, Sir, you would let me raise the point of order?

What is it?

If you would allow me, Sir, to raise a point of order——

I resent the Deputy's intervention in this fashion. It is clearly to frustrate my ruling on this matter.

If the Chair allows me make the point of order, I will make it. It concerns Question No. 9 which we have just dealt with. I am glad we dealt with it——

What is the point of order?

I would like to draw your attention, Sir, to Question No. 9 which relates to a matter we debated in this House on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. During the course of the past two weeks I have had questions disallowed on the basis that the matter had been discussed on the Adjourment in the past six months.

If the Deputy had raised that matter with me, I could have given him a considered reply.

One of the reasons for disorder in the House is that the Chair does not allow Deputies to raise points of order.

There are some Deputies who raise points of order which transpire to be points of disorder.

This is a legitimate point of order.

If the Deputy feels aggrieved in respect of my ruling on the matter I will communicate with him. However, the Deputy gave me no notice of this matter.

I have no objection to the question being taken. I am merely seeking clarification as to why it is apparently correct to raise a question today within 24 hours of the matter being debated in this House when other matters that have been dealt with on the Adjournment have been ruled out of order.

I assume there were good and cogent reasons as to why your questions were disallowed but——

They were disallowed on the basis that the matter had been discussed on the Adjournment.

——in any event I will look into the matter.

The subject matter of today's question was discussed during Private Members' time.

I now call Question No. 10.