Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)

——it may interest Deputy Buttimer to know that I made precisely the point about the Deputy's right to defend his character and to natural and procedural justice. However, the Deputy in question has been given unprecedented amounts of time so far. He has now been afforded a further 30 minutes, and he has been afforded this in a manner that was misleading to the Whips of the other parties. That is not acceptable. If the Government is minded to facilitate Deputy Lowry in this way, then so be it.

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