Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil
Dail Éireann — 2025-01-23
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Ivana Bacik (LAB), Dublin Bay South

A Cheann Comhairle, I welcome your ruling this morning. I welcome the statement by the Government Chief Whip this morning and, in particular, the acknowledgement by the Government that there is a need to ensure clarification in differentiating between Members of the Opposition and the Government. That is the core democratic principle that we, across the Opposition parties and groups, united on yesterday and it is fundamental to our democracy.
We have no difficulty with the Order of Business proposed and, indeed, we welcomed the initiative to have a meeting of leaders this morning at which we could sensibly resolve matters. It should never have had to come to the situation it came to yesterday. We had been to the fore in seeking a constructive way to resolve matters yesterday. I am glad these have now been resolved.
Our objection to the Order of Business is on the basis that we do not agree with an adjournment of the Dáil for two weeks until 5 February. That is our objection. We do not believe there is a need for that long adjournment.

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Sitting date: 2025-01-23