The Deputy is wandering away. We are dealing with the proposed business, not anything else.

That is the proposed business. There is additional time for the Government, above and beyond that associated with the cynical manipulation already rammed through.

Quite clearly, what happened in the summer was that many backbenchers of other parties wanted to have their say as well and wanted their opportunity.

The Government-----

No. They are backbenchers elected by the people, just as Deputy Boyd Barrett is elected-----

If Deputy Boyd Barrett is going to ask the Taoiseach a question, he should be let answer it.

I am just wondering if they are from the same party-----

What the Deputy is asserting is that he has rights that are superior to those of other Deputies in this House.

No, I am not.

He always is. Essentially that is his argument.

I am saying we should keep to the order that has been there since the 1920s.

We believe there should be proportionality and plenty of time for every Deputy. I am a great believer in parliamentary democracy and I believe people of all parties and none should have an opportunity to speak and articulate their views.

We always had that time. Always.

No, actually-----

We did.

In the previous Dáil, that did not happen.

It did.

Many Deputies were excluded in the previous Dáil in practical terms. They just did not get the opportunities.

And they did not turn up.

They did not get the opportunities; that is what happened.

They had not even turned up.

Groups with far fewer Deputies in the House got much more time-----

No.

What we need is a bit of balance; that is all. As far as I am concerned-----

Wait and see the turnout from the Government parties at committees-----

I did not interrupt the Deputy. This is a plenary session, and people felt they were excluded. They made representations to the various parties. All parties, in negotiating future orders for this Dáil, arrived at conclusions, agreements and so on. I was not at the meeting of the Business Committee; I do not attend its meetings. My understanding is that an agreement was reached at a meeting of the committee on the sittings for last week, this week and next week, and that is the way it should be.

The Government is obviously concerned about every sector that has been affected by Covid-19, not least the aviation sector.

It is in a challenging situation, as are the hospitality and some other key sectors on which Covid-19 has had a devastating impact. I have no difficulty in working with or taking certain ideas from Deputies on how we collectively try to help industries that are in challenging circumstances because of the devastating impact of Covid on normal economic activity.