Salient Rulings of the Chair are a set of rulings by the Ceann Comhairle regarding the interpreations of the standing orders of Dáil Éireann.[1][2]

Standing orders are the rules governing the running of the Dáil, but are not complete in themselves.[1][2] They have to be interpreted in the light of rulings by the Ceann Comhairle, which are contained in the document.[1][2] It covers where people are to sit in the Dáil to how debates are conducted.[2] It states that TDs should refer to each other with the prefix "Deputy" before their name.[2]

Disorderly behaviour

Banned terms

Some terms are explicitly banned:

  • brat or acting the brat[2]
  • corner boy[2]
  • corner boy tactics[2]
  • fascist[2]
  • gurrier[2]
  • guttersnipe[2]
  • hypocrite, bloody hypocrites or hypocrisy[2]
  • rat[2]
  • scumbag[2]
  • yahoo[2]

Other restrictions

Accusing other TDs of lying, taking bribes or murder is considered disorderly conduct.[2]

Threatening another TD is disorderly behaviour.[2]

Referring to relatives of TDs is disorderly, as is referring to TDs behaviour outside the Dáil.[2]

The President should not be criticised.[2]

Judges should not be criticised.[2]

Incident

In 2009 Paul Gogarty criticised Emmet Stagg during a debate on social welfare cuts by saying "Fuck you Deputy Stagg, Fuck you.".[3] He apologised for his comment.[3][4] It turned out that the comment was not in breach of the Salient Rules as they stood at the time.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c "How Parliament is run". Houses of the Oireachtas.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u McConnell, Daniel (2020-06-16). "Daniel McConnell: No gurriers or guttersnipes - the (long) list of banned Dáil insults". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 2025-03-22.
  3. ^ a b Browne, Malachy. "Paul Gogarty's tantrum with Emmet Stagg". Magill. Retrieved 2025-03-22.
  4. ^ "Gogarty sorry for 'unparliamentary language'". RTÉ News. 2009-12-11.
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salient_Rulings_of_the_Chair
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