Colm Brophy (Dublin South West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

For housekeeping purposes and to make things clear, within the five-minute period in the first round of questions, if a member has not used the full five minutes, he or she has every right to come back in and chase down an answer he or she might feel was not given. There will be no attempt on my part to shut that down. If a member has used his or her five minutes and the Minister has replied in the full five minutes, there will be a second round to follow up.

For clarification purposes, the Minister should note that he is due before the Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach, rather than this committee again. He mentioned that he would be before this committee again but I do not think that is the case. We will have a break at 5.15 p.m. because the Minister is due in the Chamber then, and three more Deputies are waiting to come in during this round. It would be great if they could all be heard before 5.15 p.m. in order to facilitate our colleagues, who have been here since the outset.