Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It is a very serious point. What tends to happen is that in most of the set piece debates, be it on the European Council or any other matter, there might be five or six speakers, with ten or 15 minutes allocated to each, but the bulk of backbenchers in the larger parties are simply not getting opportunities to speak on important issues. The Dáil reform committee needs to deal with this. The system does not have to be strictly d'Hondt. I am not in the business of shutting down smaller parties or anything like that.

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