Ciarán Lynch (Cork South Central, Labour) | Oireachtas source

And as a general rule ... and I'll facilitate you with some time here, Deputy Higgins, because this engagement has kind of maybe brought us outside to your time allocation .... is for all members - and every member is aware of this - that if ... and the facilities available to all members prior to any, sort of, specific question that they might be engaged with ... there is the interaction with the inquiry investigation team that can be availed of and there is the process of engagement with the committee's legal team as well. And there is also, just in terms of due process and procedures, of due notification to witnesses before they come in before the inquiry, in this regard as well. So ... to maybe avoid situations like this, I would just, on a general note, ask members to avail these processes so we don't end up in a repetitive situation of a question being asked that has legal difficulties in this regard. So Deputy Higgins, I'll afford another two minutes ... two or three minutes.