Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am sorry that Ms Gildernew has a different clock to me. My clock said the first hour of this debate was shared fully between Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil. I am the Chair now. The clock I go by is the one I see in this room. Ms Gildernew is wrong to make such an accusation and I reject it. Sinn Féin was asked to nominate its speakers. I told them they had ten minutes. Over all the meetings we have had, I have bent over backwards to make sure Sinn Féin was notified. I talked to Ms Gildernew before meetings and her colleagues during meetings to make sure they were clear on the fairness of the procedures in the Oireachtas. I call Deputy Costello to speak on behalf of the Green Party.