Dáil chaos with no new Taoiseach amid row over opposition speaking time for 'government' TDs
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00:00entitled to propose an amendment to this order of business. I'm proposing that we
00:06suspend the Dáil and convene an urgent meeting of the Business Committee to
00:10deal with outrageous proposition that we don't return next week in this Dáil,
00:14with outrageous proposition that 39 TDs in Sinn Féin will be allocated 10
00:19minutes, the same as your government's group in opposition. I mean Michael Lowry
00:25is a member of the opposition. Michael Lowry who stood outside this building
00:30and said we will support the government in the good days and the bad, of all
00:33seven of them he's a member of the opposition. For God's sake you're making a
00:37mockery of democracy here and Taoiseach to come and Taoiseach right now.
00:42You know you designed this situation today. You have it in your power to
00:47resolve this issue. They should have speaking rights from the government side.
00:50That's where they belong. So I'm proposing we suspend the Dáil now. That's my proposal.
00:57Following a series of meetings between party whips today, a number of measures have been agreed and these meetings were held to enable the
01:07democratic process of this house and do what we were all elected to do here in
01:11Dáil Éireann and that is to elect a Taoiseach and a government. All parties have
01:16agreed to allow the democratic process to proceed. There was a number of
01:21agreements and it is my understanding that that is now in dispute.
01:29So, Ceann Comhairle, I now would say that the nomination of Taoiseach should proceed as per the order of the house.
01:36I now proceed with the order of business, Deputy Comhairle.
01:48Ceann Comhairle, Ceann Comhairle, Ceann Comhairle, Ceann Comhairle, Ceann Comhairle, in order for us to fulfil our democratic mandate there has to be respect for the opposition benches.
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02:33I have a nominee. And the fact that he's unbeleivable is not acceptable.
02:41Step around.
02:43You may as well take your seat over there. That's the behaviour that we're gonna see.
02:47It's not acceptable.
02:49Ceann Comhairle, Ceann Comhairle, Ceann Comhairle, Ceann Comhairle, Ceann Comhairle, Ceann Comhairle,
02:55Ceann Comhairle, Ceann Comhairle, Ceann Comhairle.
03:02No way.
03:06Outrageous, absolutely outrageous.
03:08Outrageous.
03:10Outrageous.
03:12Outrageous.
03:14No agreement.
03:16There was no agreement.
03:18No agreement.
03:20Michael Lowry.
03:22Michael Lowry.
03:24An opposition TD.