Before the Ceann Comhairle calls the Chief Whip, I wish to raise a point of order. The proposed Order of Business includes changes to Standing Orders. I have made a submission to the Ceann Comhairle on this issue on behalf of Sinn Féin. It is very clear, looking at the video recording of what happened last Tuesday, that the motion on Standing Orders was not passed. It was an amendment to the motion that was passed. It is absolutely clear that any suggestion to move now to the Order of Business and implement changes to Standing Orders is illegitimate. I am asking that the Ceann Comhairle not proceed and that she remove those changes to Standing Orders, particularly the provisions regarding so-called Other Members' Questions.

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If I can respond, then I will resume my seat.

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With respect, a Cheann Comhairle, that is not the remedy.

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What I am saying is that in any objective assessment of the video, you can see with your own eyes and hear clearly tells you that the motion was not passed. It is an amendment to the motion that was passed.

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It is very clear that the Government is completely out of order to bring in these changes to Standing Orders that are so controversial when the motion was not passed.

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Hold on; you are not the Ceann Comhairle, young man.

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No, it is not a remedy.

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Any objective assessment tells you this is completely out of order.

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It is not agreed.

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No, it is not. I am presenting to the Ceann Comhairle, and to be very clear, I am presenting in protest. Any objective assessment of what happened last Tuesday, if you look at the section that dealt with the motion-----

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A Cheann Comhairle, in your haste to get the business done, you actually passed an amendment to the Government's motion. It is clear. I can read it out to you if you want.

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I have the transcript here: Is the amendment agreed; It is not agreed; I propose; I ask is the amendment agreed; Tá or Níl; Tá; The question is carried; Votáil. It is clear; that is the transcript. That is the Dáil transcript.

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I will resume my seat.

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What I will say to the Ceann Comhairle now is that under protest, I am taking the 30 seconds. To be clear, every party should have the right to decide who speaks for them on the Order of Business. This is blatant what is happening here. The Taoiseach does not want to be held to account, so the Government Chief Whip responds. It is treated like some procedural matter. Rather than dealing with the actual business of the Dáil for the week, we will have huge political controversy potentially every Tuesday. This is an attempt to tell every political party who should speak for them on the Order of Business. It is blatant what is happening here, and it was not even passed. We will absolutely oppose the Order of Business because it is illegitimate. It is illegal and blatant what happened.

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