Before the Order of Business I propose to deal with a number of related notices under Standing Order 31 from Deputies Jim Higgins, Gormley and McManus. I will call the Deputies in the order in which they submitted their notices to my office.
Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31.
(Mayo): I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to discuss the following matter which requires urgent consideration, namely, the revelations that a judge who was a witness in the recent Nevin murder trial had, at a private court session, approved an ex parte application for the transfer of a liquor licence to the person who had been charged with the murder of her husband, had done so without giving the necessary statutory notice to the Garda Síochána and had breached the constitutional undertaking given by him under Article 34.5.1 of the Constitution.
I wish to have the business of the House suspended today under Standing Order 31 to debate the following issue of urgent public importance, namely, the role of Judge Donnchadh Ó Buachalla in the transfer of the Jack White's Inn pub licence into the sole name of Catherine Nevin two months after Mrs. Nevin had been charged with murder.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil to discuss the following important matter of public interest requiring urgent attention – the need for the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to make a full statement on the circumstances of the transfer of the licence for Jack White's Inn public house to Mrs. Catherine Nevin shortly after she had been charged with the murder of her husband, to outline if the Garda Síochána was aware of the application and if the Garda was represented, and the reasons the decision was not appealed by the authorities.
Having considered the matters fully, I do not consider them to be contemplated by Standing Order 31. Therefore, I cannot grant leave to move the motions.