Seán Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, Ceann Comhairle) | Oireachtas source

This is a Private Members' Bill. Unfortunately, an order was made yesterday setting out times of 15 minutes here and there. If we adhere strictly to that order, there will be no time for private Members. I will not take Government speaker, Opposition speaker and Government speaker during Private Members' time. This is for private Members. I will call Deputies in accordance with when they indicate to the Chair. I want to preserve that right for Members.

While the order allows for Opposition party time, it is not really an Opposition-Government situation. While the order has set out rights of Opposition parties, I ask Deputies to respect the fact that many Members wish to contribute irrespective of party. I will call them in accordance with when they indicated, not with their place on the Government or Opposition side. Although the order sets out that the next speaker is to be the Fianna Fáil spokesperson, I just wanted to make that point for the future.

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