Dáil debates

Tuesday, 26 February 2008

3:00 pm

Photo of Jimmy DeenihanJimmy Deenihan (Kerry North, Fine Gael)

Will the Minister of State consider supplying written answers to priority and oral questions to the questioners while the Minister is reading the reply? At times, the Minister replying may not be loud and it may be difficult to understand him or her. This makes it difficult to follow up with a proper supplementary question. With a written copy of the reply we could frame proper supplementary questions. It is a simple suggestion but I am convinced it would considerably help the level of questioning in the House. It should be easy to organise for priority questions because only spokespersons ask questions. For oral questions, the answer could be given to the questioner or the person who nominated the question.

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