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

No. I have some concerns about that format in that it does not allow for a genuine session of questions and answers. First, six minutes for a party with 45 Deputies is wholly disproportionate with six minutes for a party of five or six. I am not saying all 45 members will be speaking. I have no problem with anyone getting six minutes or more. I would have believed ten minutes should be a minimum for a party.

My real point is that if a Deputy asks a question, it is more useful if the response follows it. It seems to me that what is happening here is that any amount of questions will be rolled in, with six minutes-----

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