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Dáil Éireann - Volume 243 - 18 December, 1969 Order of Business. The Taoiseach Jack Lynch The Taoiseach: It is proposed to take No. 8 (Vote No.3). Questions will be taken at 2.30. May I advert to the winding up of the proceedings this evening? Being an Estimate, we will want to agree to take any division before 10.15, if necessary. Also I should like to get in to reply at 9.30 p.m. Mr. Tully Mr. Tully Mr. Tully: Certainly. The Taoiseach Jack Lynch The Taoiseach: No doubt the other two parties will be able to make a suitable arrangement. Mr. R. Burke Mr. R. Burke Mr. R. Burke: I would ask for one hour for Fine Gael. I have already arranged this at the Whips' meeting. The Taoiseach Jack Lynch The Taoiseach: I suggest that three-quarters of an hour each would be sufficient. Mr. Tully Mr. Tully Mr. Tully: Yes, I think three-quarters of an hour would be all right. The Taoiseach Jack Lynch The Taoiseach: In that case, whichever way it goes, the first winding up speech will begin at 8 p.m. and the second at 8.45 p.m. Mr. Cluskey Mr. Cluskey Mr. Cluskey: Could I inquire if it is the intention to seek the permission of the House to print and circulate a report from the Committee on Procedure and Privileges? An Ceann Comhairle Cormac Breslin An Ceann Comhairle: That will occur in due course as is customary. Mr. Corish Mr. Corish 1814 Mr. Corish: “In due course” could be today. It is not on the Order Paper. Does it have to be on the Order Paper? We assume the report will not [1814] be taken this session, this side of Christmas. An Ceann Comhairle Cormac Breslin An Ceann Comhairle: We will inquire into the matter to see if it can be raised after questions. Mr. Corish Mr. Corish Mr. Corish: The Order of Business has been announced. I want to be sure this will not come up when we are not in the House. That is why we are here today. (Interruptions.) Mr. Corish Mr. Corish Mr. Corish: Give the Ceann Comhairle a chance. An Ceann Comhairle Cormac Breslin An Ceann Comhairle: The position is that the report will come before the House for an order for printing. It can be taken after questions. Mr. Corish Mr. Corish Mr. Corish: But the Order of Business has been announced. Mr. Cluskey Mr. Cluskey Mr. Cluskey: I understand that, strictly speaking, this should appear on the Order Paper and it is not on the Order Paper. An Ceann Comhairle Cormac Breslin An Ceann Comhairle: No. Mr. Cluskey Mr. Cluskey Mr. Cluskey: Then it cannot come up today. An Ceann Comhairle Cormac Breslin An Ceann Comhairle: If Deputies want it, we will see. Mr. Corish Mr. Corish Mr. Corish: We do not want to facilitate the passage of this motion at all. Mr. Tully Mr. Tully Mr. Tully: This is the last sitting day before Christmas and this is something which is either on or off. It is not in the Order of Business and, therefore, the matter should not arise until after Christmas. There is no point in having acrimony. Mr. Boland Mr. Boland Mr. Boland: It is you who raised it, not we. Mr. Tully Mr. Tully Mr. Tully: Yes. We did not want you to sneak it in behind our backs, which would be typical of what you would do. The Taoiseach Jack Lynch The Taoiseach: As far as I am concerned, I have not the slightest interest in it. Mr. Tully Mr. Tully 1815 [1815] Mr. Tully: I am not talking about the Taoiseach but about his left wing. Mr. Boland Mr. Boland Mr. Boland: Nobody seems to know about it only yourselves. Mr. Cluskey Mr. Cluskey Mr. Cluskey: As you know, I am a member of the Committee on Procedure and Privileges and, in view of the way the decision which has been arrived at was arrived at, I am most anxious that there would be at least justice done in the presentation of this request. The Chair cannot even tell us when the Order of Business is coming up or what is involved in the Order of Business or when the report is likely to be circulated. Mr. Corish Mr. Corish Mr. Corish: He told us it can come up. Mr. Cluskey Mr. Cluskey Mr. Cluskey: We want to know and we are entitled to know. Mr. Boland Mr. Boland Mr. Boland: We thought you wanted it. Mr. Cluskey Mr. Cluskey Mr. Cluskey: We have no objection to it coming up today if the Taoiseach on the Order of Business would indicate that it is coming up and at what time it is coming up. An Ceann Comhairle Cormac Breslin An Ceann Comhairle: If the House feels that it should be left over until after Christmas—— The Taoiseach Jack Lynch The Taoiseach: It could not be printed, anyway. Mr. Cluskey Mr. Cluskey Mr. Cluskey: The House does not necessarily feel that it should be left over. The Taoiseach Jack Lynch The Taoiseach: I have no knowledge of what happened in the committee yesterday except hearsay and I have no notice of the fact that this was being raised this morning. Mr. Cluskey Mr. Cluskey Mr. Cluskey: Ask your Parliamentary Secretary. He is not here. The Taoiseach Jack Lynch The Taoiseach: In any event, it would not be practicable to have the report published by today. What happens after this, I do not know and, to be quite frank, I do not care. Mr. Cluskey Mr. Cluskey 1816 [1816] Mr. Cluskey: Then it will not come up today, Sir? An Ceann Comhairle Cormac Breslin An Ceann Comhairle: No. Dáil Éireann 243 Order of Business. General Debate 19691218
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