Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I accepted it even though I was not happy with the decision of the Business Committee to have five minutes. I would have preferred the d'Hondt method, if we want to be absolutely fair about speaking times in the House on matters of this kind. People cannot come in here and say five minutes, which we had to agree to and I had to agree to as a leader, and then say they want to change that. I am all for a larger debate ideally but it will not be because-----

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