I call the Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach, Deputy Pat Carey, to move a motion relating to today's sitting:
Business of Dáil.
I move:
That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, the following arrangements shall apply in relation to today's sitting:
(1) Oral Questions shall not be taken today and matters——
On a point of order——
We cannot have a point of order at this stage.
On a point of order, I ask the Ceann Comhairle to allow the Taoiseach an opportunity to apologise to the Irish people for the lies he has told them continuously since he was Minister for Finance regarding the property bubble and the banks——
I cannot have that at the moment.
We need to give the Taoiseach an opportunity to apologise both to the House and to the Irish people for telling lies to the people of this island and for the impact on them of his behaviour.
The Deputy is out of order. He should allow the Minister of State to proceed. Let us not start like this. Allow the Minister of State, Deputy Carey——
I ask the Ceann Comhairle, on the basis of reasonableness and fairness, to offer the Taoiseach an opportunity to apologise to this House before we get into legislation that will rob the Irish people——
I do not want to ask the Deputy to leave the House.
I want to hear the Taoiseach apologising for all those lies to the Irish people.
I move:
That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, the following arrangements shall apply in relation to today's sitting:
(1) Oral Questions shall not be taken today and matters may not be raised under the provisions of SO 21(3) and 32 on that day; and
(2) The Order of Business shall be taken now and Leader's Questions shall be taken at the conclusion of the Order of Business.
I have to insist, on a point of order, that the Ceann Comhairle deal with this issue before the House now.
Is the motion agreed to? Agreed. I call the Taoiseach on the Order of Business. I will call Deputy Morgan——
The Taoiseach has an opportunity now that he is on his feet to facilitate that and deal with it.
I will call Deputy Morgan in due course.
I have evidence here that the Taoiseach, when he was Minister for Finance, misled the Irish people by telling them and not warning them about State policies.
I will call the Deputy in due course.
He was warned on many occasions
I will call the Deputy in due course.
(Interruptions).
I do not want to ask the Deputy to leave the House
He lied to the Irish people.
I do not want to begin the day by asking the Deputy to leave the House.
His policies——
The Chair is now on his feet. I ask the Deputy to resume his seat. He cannot stand when the Chair is on his feet. I ask him to resume his seat and I will call him in due course.
I will resume my seat when I get a comment from the Taoiseach.
Unfortunately if the Deputy is not prepared to resume his seat I must now ask him to leave the House.
I have evidence here——
The Deputy must now leave the House. He is obliged to leave the House.
He has lied to the Irish people.
The Deputy is obliged to leave the House.
I will leave the House when I get an apology. We will deal here this afternoon with legislation that will rob every family in this State of at least €50,000 without their permission.