Noel O'Flynn (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)

To Deputy Lee I say that it is a very dangerous thing to take eight minutes from another person's slot without permission. As the Acting Chairman of this session I must also tell him that Members may be in meditation and they may have their eyes closed or their heads down but they are meditating and concentrating. I have never seen a Member on any side of the House deep in sleep. Deputy Lee will come to appreciate that and the work of all the Members over a period of time.

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