Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It is not that they are more important than what we are discussing now. It was agreed at the Business Committee that we would keep parliamentary questions to the Tánaiste and the Topical Issue debate. Members are within their rights to change the Order of Business now. If they want to propose that we drop the questions to the Tánaiste and postpone Topical Issues they can do that-----

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