Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

First, on the issue of speaking rights, my numbers may be off so correct me if they are, a Cheann Comhairle, but in a Leaders' Questions slot a speaker gets three minutes to ask the question, there are three minutes to respond, there is one minute to ask a follow-up question and then another minute to respond. We are having a row here for about eight minutes twice a week. That is eight minutes twice a week where we believe Government backbench TDs and Independent TDs who are not Ministers and are unaligned should be allowed ask a question on behalf of their constituents. That is it. That is what the Opposition is having the row about. Then, when it comes to priority questions-----

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