Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I would like to raise my concerns about this arrangement. Obviously, I welcome that this debate is commencing and the length of the time allocated for it is fine, but backbenchers like myself will be denied the right to contribute to it because there is no time provided for Fine Gael Members to contribute. Certainly there is time provided for the Minister, and that is right and proper, but given that we have 50 Deputies in our party, we will not be able to make a contribution in the ten minutes the party will have to contribute. I respectfully ask that the committee-----

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