James Lawless (Kildare North, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will move on to the next member. The Deputy has made very strong points but he has taken up a little more than seven minutes. We might come back to him in the second round. To add to his litany of points, I also suggest there is a degree of postcode lottery in terms of special sittings. Some districts can convene a special sitting within hours, while others can take until Monday morning, which backs up the Deputy's real-world examples.

They may get a better sitting, but they may have to travel to the criminal courts of justice for it. They are then outside their own district and a postcode lottery is at play in some of the scenarios the Deputy has described, just to add to his long list.