Brian Hayes (Fine Gael)

—when Members will want to place certain facts on the record. There may well be a number of well defined areas where this could be established. Scripts are bad for Parliament. Watching Members read from scripts when the proceedings are broadcast is awful. I ask that it be changed.

My next proposal is that this side of the House needs more Government time. As the Fianna Fáil Party has 30 Members in this House, in effect, half the total number of Senators, it gets 50% of Private Members' time. There should be greater latitude in this area to ensure that the Opposition, who, by its nature, will try to hold the Government to account, is given more Private Members' time. That is something we could also change in Standing Orders.