I have notice from Senator Brendan Ryan regarding a motion he wishes to move under Standing Order 29. Would Senator Ryan please move the motion?
Request under Standing Order 29.
I wish to move a motion on the Adjournment of the Seanad on a specific and urgent matter of public interest requiring urgent consideration. The matter being the arrest and detention in Mountjoy Prison of Tony Gregory T.D.
I have given urgent consideration to the matter raised by Senator Ryan and I do not consider it a matter to be contemplated under Standing Order 29. I regret, therefore, that I have to rule it out of order.
I obviously accept your ruling but it is a reflection on the irrelevance of the Oireachtas to the lives of ordinary people in this country that a matter of such gravity cannot be raised in accordance with proper procedures. Deputy Gregory is in jail defending the rights of poor people in this country.