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

Before I knew that Government time was to be made available for the statements referred to by the Taoiseach, I received seven requests from Deputies who wanted to speak about this matter during the Topical Issue debate. In light of the number of requests and the importance of this subject, I decided to allocate three Topical Issue slots for such a discussion. I would like to think that when time is being shared during the debate, time will be given to those who agreed to withdraw their Topical Issue requests. That would be only fair.

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