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Disallowed working group question

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Deputy Quinlivan complains that his question on establishing a working group was ruled out as hypothetical. The Acting Chairman advises him to contact the Ceann Comhairle’s office, and Quinlivan says he only received the letter that morning.

May I raise a point, if Deputy Wallace does not mind? I tabled a question for the Minister on the issue of establishing a working group which was disallowed by the Ceann Comhairle, who is not here. The question was disallowed because it was determined to be hypothetical. Deputy Eamon Ryan just had a question which was quite good and which he delivered quite well. In it, he used the word "if" and when he was introducing it he used the word "should". That is hypothetical as well. I would like to know why my question was not allowed. I hope the Ceann Comhairle will come back to me on that. I will raise the matter again at the next opportunity. I just want to log it now, with apologies to Deputy Wallace.

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Eugene Murphy Acting Chairman Fianna Fáil

I have allowed the Deputy to make his point. I advise him to make contact with the Office of the Ceann Comhairle to get it sorted out.

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I will. I only got the letter this morning. We were advised yesterday that it would be on the Order Paper.

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