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‹ Ceisteanna—Questions . Oral Answers . - Local Radio . Ministerial attendance during Question Time
Summary
Deputy Gene Fitzgerald questions the absence of a Government Minister from the front benches and asks the Chair to convey that he considers it disrespectful. The Chair says there is precedent and that the matter is not for the Chair.
: On a point of order, is it not rather unusual that no Minister of the Government is sitting on the front benches during Question Time?
Comment on this
: Has the precedent been established by this Government?
Comment on this
: I appreciate that, but would the Chair convey to the Taoiseach that it is disrespectful to the House that a Minister is not here.