Eugene Murphy (Roscommon-Galway, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I must point out that the rules of the House are set down by Members and implemented by the Business Committee. Every time a speaker exceeds the allotted time during questions, he or she ensures that some of his or her colleagues' questions will not be reached. This is unfair and I appeal to Members to abide by the rules. A Deputy has 30 seconds to introduce a question and the Minister two minutes to reply, after which both the Deputy and Minister may each make two further contributions of one minute. I ask all Deputies to stick to the rules the House has put in place.

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