Rory O'Hanlon (Cavan-Monaghan, Ceann Comhairle)

In the spirit of the relative spontaneity of the procedure, I have rarely intervened during Leaders' Questions. However, in view of the overruns last week, which on a given day may not be uniform and can even create a perceived imbalance, I ask the leaders to co-operate with the Chair in ensuring the time limits laid down by the House are adhered to. It should not be necessary to remind the House that Leaders' Questions time is confined to the leaders of Fine Gael, Labour, the designated leader of the Technical Group and the member of the Government responding. All contributions by others are interruptions and are not in order.

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