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- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)
Michael McNamara: I do not want to eat into my colleagues' time. I thank Mr. Ennis for that clarification. I call Ms Labo from the Independent Workers Union and ask her to confine her contribution to five minutes.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)
Michael McNamara: I ask Ms Labo to conclude.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)
Michael McNamara: I thank Ms Labo for her presentation and for all the information she crammed into that five or six minutes. I will now open the floor to questions. Is Deputy Durkan taking five minutes?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)
Michael McNamara: It depends on how many Fine Gael speakers there are. They have 20 minutes in total but no more than ten minutes at this stage.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)
Michael McNamara: I thank Mr. Ennis. I am afraid Deputy Durkan's five minutes are up.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)
Michael McNamara: I will bring in Ms Labo in a couple of minutes. I am sorry but every speaker has-----
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)
Michael McNamara: I know but there is not enough time to reply. I will bring Ms Labo in shortly. Deputy McAuliffe is the next speaker. He has a maximum of ten minutes at this stage for his party so he can choose how he wishes to share that with Deputy Lawless.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)
Michael McNamara: There will be a couple of other speakers. He can then contribute. The next speaker is from Sinn Féin. Is Deputy O'Reilly taking ten minutes now?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)
Michael McNamara: There were, but after we went to all of the other parties. I was going to bring in-----
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)
Michael McNamara: If people are just taking five minutes, we normally intersperse the speakers.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)
Michael McNamara: Rather than waste time discussing it, Deputy Lawless should take his five minutes.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)
Michael McNamara: Yes. That is what I was going to do with Fianna Fáil as well.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)
Michael McNamara: Yes.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)
Michael McNamara: But he did not. He had six minutes. He had no time to give Deputy Lawless.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)
Michael McNamara: There is no problem. Deputy Lawless will get his five minutes to contribute. Can he wait ten minutes for it?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)
Michael McNamara: I timed it at six.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)
Michael McNamara: I do not want to get into an argument over seconds. I am doing my best to time everyone. There are no clocks in the Chamber and I am using the timer I have, which I believe is accurate. I have not had any complaint about it.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)
Michael McNamara: Go now, then. Deputy Lawless has five minutes.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)
Michael McNamara: I ask the witnesses, between them, to speak for no more than a minute.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)
Michael McNamara: I call Deputy O'Reilly who has ten minutes.