Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

For the benefit of people watching in, what is due to happen, without any change, is that everyone who has indicated and is present will have spoken within the allocated time, a vote would have proceeded and everyone who had sought time would have had the opportunity to speak. I am quite relaxed about this. I believe what might be expected has been discussed outside of the Chamber to some extent. It seems to me that what is being presented is an opportunity for the Minister to demonstrate generosity in order to come back next week and have a two-minute debate. We will not be here until 1 a.m. because after the Minister and Deputy MacSharry speak, if a single other name could be provided I would be very surprised. I am quite relaxed about this. Some people call it virtue signalling. To me, it is a gesture. If the Whip has additional names, I am sure we can hear them. I am not terribly bothered by this. It seems to be quite silly of the Government to be behaving in this kind of way.

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