Denis O'Donovan (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Senator might convey to his colleagues in the Fine Gael Party that the reason that is not possible is that most Senators do not obey the eight minute rule. Yesterday is an example. The overall time between one of Senator Richmond's colleagues raising a matter and the Minister's response went to 14 minutes. If we took five 14-minute matters, it would affect the Order of Business, which is difficult. I have looked at that, but the real problem is that the Senators themselves do not respect their time.