Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

We dealt with the specific issue at the Sub-Committee on Dáil Reform in the way the Ceann Comhairle said. There is no difficulty having a second round. That would be a good thing but there is now a new demand from Fianna Fáil for strict proportionality. In the previous Dáil, where the Government majority was very large, strict proportionality would have completely suppressed the views of the Opposition. That was not done and minorities got much more time than they were entitled to-----

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