Commencement matters and Seanad procedure
Members pressed the issue, saying it needed to be on the agenda and considered by the Procedure and Privileges Committee. The Leader said it already was on the agenda and repeated that the House should review the system as part of Seanad reform.
They are not attending. The Leader needs to look at this issue.
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The Senator is not listening to me.
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I am listening. Go on.
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I believe the Cathaoirleach is-----
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Put it on the agenda. Many of us are in the same-----
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The Cathaoirleach's point is that this could be examined as part of the ongoing debate on Seanad reform.
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The day's commencement is the wrong place to raise Commencement matters. We should have a part of the day given over to Topical Issues like in the Dáil or we should revert to having Adjournment debates. The issue with the latter is that Ministers do not know when we will finish, so we should have a built-in time for Topical Issues. The commencement of the House should involve the ordering of our business, not Commencement matters.
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We should have Commencement and Adjournment debates.
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The Committee on Procedure and Privileges should consider it.