Whether to proceed with Wednesday business
Deputies say they cannot accept Wednesday’s business if their motion is blocked and ask what they are supposed to do with the time. The Ceann Comhairle says the Order of Business is being voted on, the arrangements remain in place, and the committee meeting will go ahead.
We are not accepting the Order of Business for Wednesday.
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What do you expect us to do with our time?
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What are we supposed to do with our time if we are not allowed to put our motion?
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No, you are the one who has decided.
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It is unbelievable. It has never ever happened.
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That meeting should happen and the advice should be shared, but that does not resolve the issue. Members have brought forward a motion. I did not realise, by the way, that the advice, apparently, was verbal. Have you received written advice?
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He did not tell us he had written advice.
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It leaves us in a situation where, at the eleventh hour, this motion has been ruled out of order. That is strongly contested by Members of the House.
This is a very difficult situation. I would like to see the motion taken. The rights and prerogatives of Members have to count for something.
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No, the country would fall apart if we took the motion.