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Dáil meant to begin at 10:30 to debate legislation to remove IBRC roadblocks – but it’s 10.53 and we haven’t got the quorum of 20 to begin
— Gavan Reilly (@gavreilly) July 8, 2016
Nine TDs from Fianna Fail but only three from Fine Gael, plus Catherine Murphy and Paul Murphy. Even if Ceann Comhairle included, four short
— Gavan Reilly (@gavreilly) July 8, 2016
Clerk does a quick head count and determines there are 19 in the chamber – the Ceann Comhairle makes 20 and we’re underway, 39 minutes late
— Gavan Reilly (@gavreilly) July 8, 2016
Ceann Comhairle: “We have had a pretty unprecedented event this morning given the failure to present a quorum”
— Gavan Reilly (@gavreilly) July 8, 2016
Yikes.
Compiler extraordinaire Mewlists (he of the 100 Greatest Shut-Ups in Film) returns with a tribute to 15 characters you may know but have never seen.