Order of Business
The House agrees to the proposed business, including committee membership changes and the resumed stages of listed Bills, amid procedural clarification and banter.
It is proposed to take No. 12a, motion re Membership of Committee; No. 3, Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2013 - Second Stage (Resumed); No. 28, Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012 - Second Stage (resumed); and No. 29, Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2012 - Second Stage (resumed).
It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that No. 12a shall be decided without debate and the resumed Second Stage of No. 3 shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 7.30 p.m. Private Members’ business, which shall be No. 48, Education (Welfare) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012 – Second Stage (resumed), shall conclude at 9 p.m., if not previously concluded.
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There are two proposals to be put to the House. Is the proposal for dealing with No. 12a, motion re membership of committee without debate, agreed?
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That does not represent a purge of anybody like last week, does it? It is agreed.
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I seek clarification on a procedural matter. This is a proposal to remove Deputy Joan Collins from the Committee of Oversight and Petitions and replace her with Deputy Mick Wallace.
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On the last occasion there was a proposal like this before the House, the Technical Group actually opposed it. It set a new precedent in opposing such a proposal. If that were to occur now, and the Government was to oppose it, nobody would be appointed to the committees from the Opposition.
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They opposed the purging of Deputy Keaveney.
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The classical scholar from Tuam has walked already.
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Is the proposal for dealing with No. 3, Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2013 - Second and Remaining Stages (resumed), agreed? Agreed. I call Deputy Martin on the Order of Business.
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I ask Deputies to quieten down for a moment. They should not be getting so excited; it is bad for their health.
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Deputy Mattie McGrath has taken up a senior position in the troika so he has to behave differently now.
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I am very well behaved, I think.