I move: "That Deputy Sean Fleming be suspended from the service of the Dáil."
Suspension of Member
Question put.
The Dáil divided: Tá, 81; Níl, 34.
Tá
- Bannon, James.
- Barry, Tom.
- Broughan, Thomas P.
- Burton, Joan.
- Butler, Ray.
- Buttimer, Jerry.
- Byrne, Catherine.
- Byrne, Eric.
- Cannon, Ciarán.
- Carey, Joe.
- Coffey, Paudie.
- Collins, Áine.
- Conaghan, Michael.
- Conlan, Seán.
- Connaughton, Paul J.
- Coonan, Noel.
- Corcoran Kennedy, Marcella.
- Costello, Joe.
- Coveney, Simon.
- Creed, Michael.
- Deasy, John.
- Deering, Pat.
- Dowds, Robert.
- Durkan, Bernard J.
- English, Damien.
- Farrell, Alan.
- Ferris, Anne.
- Fitzgerald, Frances.
- Fitzpatrick, Peter.
- Flanagan, Charles.
- Gilmore, Eamon.
- Griffin, Brendan.
- Hannigan, Dominic.
- Harris, Simon.
- Hayes, Brian.
- Hayes, Tom.
- Heydon, Martin.
- Hogan, Phil.
- Humphreys, Heather.
- Humphreys, Kevin.
- Keating, Derek.
- Keaveney, Colm.
- Kehoe, Paul.
- Kenny, Enda.
- Kyne, Seán.
- Lawlor, Anthony.
- Lynch, Ciarán.
- Lynch, Kathleen.
- Lyons, John.
- McCarthy, Michael.
- McEntee, Shane.
- McFadden, Nicky.
- McGinley, Dinny.
- McHugh, Joe.
- McLoughlin, Tony.
- McNamara, Michael.
- Maloney, Eamonn.
- Mitchell, Olivia.
- Mitchell O’Connor, Mary.
- Mulherin, Michelle.
- Murphy, Eoghan.
- Nash, Gerald.
- Nulty, Patrick.
- Ó Ríordáin, Aodhán.
- O’Donnell, Kieran.
- O’Donovan, Patrick.
- O’Reilly, Joe.
- O’Sullivan, Jan.
- Phelan, Ann.
- Ring, Michael.
- Shatter, Alan.
- Shortall, Róisín.
- Spring, Arthur.
- Stagg, Emmet.
- Stanton, David.
- Timmins, Billy.
- Tuffy, Joanna.
- Twomey, Liam.
- Wall, Jack.
- Walsh, Brian.
- White, Alex.
Níl
- Adams, Gerry.
- Boyd Barrett, Richard.
- Calleary, Dara.
- Collins, Joan.
- Collins, Niall.
- Cowen, Barry.
- Daly, Clare.
- Doherty, Pearse.
- Dooley, Timmy.
- Flanagan, Luke ‘Ming’.
- Fleming, Sean.
- Halligan, John.
- Healy, Seamus.
- Healy-Rae, Michael.
- Higgins, Joe.
- Kelleher, Billy.
- Kitt, Michael P.
- McConalogue, Charlie.
- McGrath, Mattie.
- McGrath, Michael.
- McGuinness, John.
- McLellan, Sandra.
- Martin, Micheál.
- Moynihan, Michael.
- Murphy, Catherine.
- Ó Caoláin, Caoimhghín.
- Ó Cuív, Éamon.
- Ó Snodaigh, Aengus.
- O’Dea, Willie.
- Pringle, Thomas.
- Smith, Brendan.
- Stanley, Brian.
- Tóibín, Peadar.
- Wallace, Mick.
Tellers: Tá, Deputies Emmet Stagg and Paul Kehoe; Níl, Deputies Aengus Ó Snodaigh and Michael Moynihan.
Question declared carried.
I call on Deputy Mitchell O'Connor without interruption on the first of the Topical Issue Matters.
Thank you, a Cheann Comhairle.
On a point of order.
Deputies
Will they stop this nonsense?
Suigh síos.
Deputies opposite should respect a point of order.
It is a point of order.
Will Deputy McConalogue please resume his seat?
Can I make a point of order?
Resume your seat.
On a point of order.
Deputy Sean Fleming must leave the House.
Deputies opposite should be aware I have waited 40 minutes to raise this matter.
Deputy Sean Fleming is suspended from the House and must leave.
On a point of order.
A Deputy
The point of order is why Deputy Sean Fleming has not left.
Is Deputy Sean Fleming a democrat? He should leave the House.
All we are short of is Mary O'Rourke and Mary Hanafin to make a right laugh out of this.
I will ask the Superintendent to remove Deputy Sean Fleming from the House.
Deputy Sean Fleming is a disgrace.
I am sorry Deputies but I have to suspend the House for another five minutes to allow this nonsense to pass over.
Sitting suspended at 5.29 p.m. and resumed at 5.45 p.m.
Deputy Sean Fleming withdrew from the Chamber.