Although everyone is not present, I have a couple of suggestions to make because as it happened yesterday, the Order of Business was cumbersome in many ways and went on for too long. While we must sort it out at the Committee on Procedure and Privileges, I suggest the Order of Business not last for more than one hour. I am simply thinking out loud and not dictating or imposing or anything like that, but I have a notion about the rota of speakers. The leader of each group, for example, would be a speaker each day, but then, because Fine Gael is the biggest party, the Government side might have at least four speakers with the Leader. Perhaps Fianna Fáil and the different groups might have three speakers with their leaders. Moreover, speakers could rotate if someone had something in particular to say. At present leaders have three minutes. Perhaps by readjusting the limits, they might have four minutes to speak on some important issues about which people were passionate. Members could rotate and would curtail their contributions in order to have a more streamlined and focused Order of Business rather than having everyone hopping up and down. While it is not my style to stymie debate, at the same time, had there been a Minister waiting in the ante-room yesterday to deal with important legislation, he or she would not have been happy with me for having, as we might say in west Cork, a leadránach Order of Business.

The Order of Business is No. 1, statements on delivering sustainable full employment, to be taken at 12.45 p.m. and adjourned not later than 2.15 p.m., with the contributions of all Senators not to exceed six minutes each.