Dáil reform and question numbers
Billy Kelleher criticises the day’s handling of 85 questions and seeks clarity on Dáil reform legislation, prompting repeated procedural objections and partisan exchanges before the Chair moves on.
I do not wish to be out of order but-----
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I accept that. In the context of Dáil reform, today there were 85 questions-----
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The Deputy should do better than that. What does it have to do with legislation?
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The Deputy was going great. Has he something else to speak about?
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I need clarity on the issue. There was a shameful exercise today in the Dáil.
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I heard the Deputy on the monitor and the Dáil had to be suspended as a result of his behaviour.
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No, it was a result of the Government's behaviour.
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The Deputy's party never did anything like it.
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I want to know, in the context of promised legislation-----
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Dáil reform requires legislation-----
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-----and it must address the number of questions being tabled by the Fine Gael press office.
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Everybody knows it was shameful. There were 85 questions written-----
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He is critical because we are working too hard.
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The Deputy was well able to ask questions about County Leitrim.
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-----by the Fine Gael press office.
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I will try to be, although sometimes it is difficult.