Priority Questions
The Chair welcomes Members, outlines the questions procedure and calls the first question; a point of order about extra speaking time is clarified before proceedings continue.
Cuirim fáilte roimh chuile dhuine go dtí an Teach. We will begin with questions to the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government. The first question is from Deputy Darragh O'Brien. I remind Deputies and the Minister that according to procedure, Deputies have 30 seconds to introduce the question and the Minister has two minutes to respond. The questioner then has another minute and the Minister has one minute to respond, followed by a final response from both the Deputy and the Minister. I am going to be extremely strict in asking Members to stick to that agenda because-----
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On a point of order, when questions are taken in a group we get additional time in our replies.