Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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I object to this sequence. The committee has two types of meeting, one of which is when a Minister comes before it. At these meetings members of the Opposition should be allowed to put their questions first, rather than every second speaker being a member of the Government. At the other type of meeting, the witnesses before the committee are not Ministers and it is right to rotate speaking slots between the Government and the Opposition. Given that a member of the Government will be answering questions today, the Opposition should have an opportunity to put all of its questions first. Does the Vice Chairman understand my point?