Time lost for fisheries questions
After the Chair moved to priority questions, Gallagher objected that the Government’s absence had cost the Fisheries and Gaeltacht Departments eight minutes and asked for extra time; the Chair refused.
As it is now after 3.30 p.m., in accordance with an Order of the House I must move to priority questions.
Comment on this
On a point of order, is it in order that the Department of Fisheries and Forestry and the Department of the Gaeltacht, who have limited enough time, should have suffered a loss of eight minutes because the Government were not present? Can you not extend that time now?