David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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The secretariat do it fairly so I have no problem with that but what happens when Government representatives who are allocated their speaking time as leader or deputy leader do not take their slots? How is it then allocated? I do not mean to make this as a political point but it is becoming a habit that Government representatives are being allocated lead and deputy lead positions and then do not turn up. I have seen that a couple of them are noted as being not available, which is not acceptable from my perspective. There has to be fairness in how those positions are allocated. The secretariat or the Chairman might be able to inform us as to how it is done.