I move: "That Deputy Mary Lou McDonald be suspended from the service of the Dáil."
Suspension of Member
Question put:
The Dáil divided: Tá, 64; Níl, 43.
Tá
- Bannon, James.
- Burton, Joan.
- Butler, Ray.
- Buttimer, Jerry.
- Byrne, Catherine.
- Byrne, Eric.
- Carey, Joe.
- Conaghan, Michael.
- Connaughton, Paul J..
- Conway, Ciara.
- Corcoran Kennedy, Marcella.
- Costello, Joe.
- Creed, Michael.
- Daly, Jim.
- Deenihan, Jimmy.
- Deering, Pat.
- Doherty, Regina.
- Dowds, Robert.
- Durkan, Bernard J..
- Farrell, Alan.
- Gilmore, Eamon.
- Griffin, Brendan.
- Hannigan, Dominic.
- Harrington, Noel.
- Humphreys, Kevin.
- Keating, Derek.
- Kehoe, Paul.
- Kenny, Seán.
- Kyne, Seán.
- Lawlor, Anthony.
- Lynch, Ciarán.
- Lyons, John.
- Maloney, Eamonn.
- McCarthy, Michael.
- McEntee, Helen.
- McFadden, Gabrielle.
- McNamara, Michael.
- Mitchell O'Connor, Mary.
- Mulherin, Michelle.
- Murphy, Dara.
- Murphy, Eoghan.
- Nash, Gerald.
- Neville, Dan.
- Noonan, Michael.
- O'Donnell, Kieran.
- O'Donovan, Patrick.
- O'Dowd, Fergus.
- O'Mahony, John.
- O'Reilly, Joe.
- O'Sullivan, Jan.
- Perry, John.
- Phelan, John Paul.
- Quinn, Ruairí.
- Rabbitte, Pat.
- Reilly, James.
- Ring, Michael.
- Ryan, Brendan.
- Shatter, Alan.
- Spring, Arthur.
- Stagg, Emmet.
- Stanton, David.
- Tuffy, Joanna.
- Twomey, Liam.
- Varadkar, Leo.
Níl
- Adams, Gerry.
- Boyd Barrett, Richard.
- Broughan, Thomas P..
- Calleary, Dara.
- Collins, Joan.
- Collins, Niall.
- Colreavy, Michael.
- Coppinger, Ruth.
- Daly, Clare.
- Doherty, Pearse.
- Donnelly, Stephen S..
- Dooley, Timmy.
- Ellis, Dessie.
- Ferris, Martin.
- Fitzmaurice, Michael.
- Flanagan, Terence.
- Fleming, Sean.
- Fleming, Tom.
- Halligan, John.
- Healy, Seamus.
- Higgins, Joe.
- Keaveney, Colm.
- Kelleher, Billy.
- Lowry, Michael.
- Mac Lochlainn, Pádraig.
- McConalogue, Charlie.
- McDonald, Mary Lou.
- McGrath, Finian.
- McGrath, Michael.
- McGuinness, John.
- McLellan, Sandra.
- Murphy, Catherine.
- Murphy, Paul.
- Naughten, Denis.
- Ó Caoláin, Caoimhghín.
- Ó Fearghaíl, Seán.
- Ó Snodaigh, Aengus.
- O'Brien, Jonathan.
- O'Dea, Willie.
- Pringle, Thomas.
- Ross, Shane.
- Stanley, Brian.
- Troy, Robert.
Tellers: Tá, Deputies Paul Kehoe and Emmet Stagg; Níl, Deputies Aengus Ó Snodaigh and Martin Ferris.
Question declared carried.
Deputy McDonald is suspended from the service of the Dáil. The Deputy will now leave the House.
The Deputy will not leave the House. The Deputy is elected here to ask questions that have not been answered and I have no intention of leaving the House.
Then the House will be suspended and I will ask the Captain of the Guard to ensure the Deputy is removed from the House.
Has she an objection from yesterday?
We are not in a kangaroo court now.
The Deputy is making up her own rules.
Sinn Féin is making up its own rules, its own laws, its own courts and its own version of democracy.
Sitting suspended at 12.35 p.m. and resumed at 4.30 p.m.
Deputy McDonald remained seated in the House.
At 4.30 p.m. the Ceann Comhairle returned to the House.
The Dáil is adjourned until 2 p.m. on Tuesday, 18 November.
The Dáil adjourned at 4.30 p.m. until 2 p.m. on Tuesday, 18 November 2014.