I asked at a Business Committee meeting last week about our not being allowed to ask about promised legislation. We are to have a Business Committee meeting this evening. I proposed at the Business Committee meeting last Thursday, which the Ceann Comhairle chaired, that we would sit here every day and I got no seconder from Sinn Féin so this is grandstanding in the extreme.
As the Ceann Comhairle knows, I have proposed at every Business Committee meeting that we do not sit in the Convention Centre because of the cost and all of the reasons outlined by Deputy Carthy. I object to the business today and I ask again whether questions on promised legislation will be discussed at the meeting of the Business Committee this evening. What I suggest is that the Business Committee meet this evening to find a way, in line with public health advice, that we can do our business in this House.
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Tellers: Tá, Deputies Jack Chambers and Mary Butler; Níl, Deputies Matt Carthy and Pádraig Mac Lochlainn.
| Question | Result | Tá–Níl |
|---|---|---|
| Question put: : "That the proposal for dealing with Tuesday's sitting be agreed to." | Carried | 26–19 |
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