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

Members are indicating that they wish to ask supplementaries. The position is that a Deputy has 30 seconds to introduce the question and the Minister has two minutes to reply.

Then there is a minute each for two supplementary questions and the two ministerial replies. Six minutes is the maximum time allowed per question. The whole idea is that we try to get through the agenda so that the questions of people who are sitting in the Chamber waiting for a reply are reached.

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