Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions
Dail Éireann — 2025-03-25
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Micheál Martin (FF), Cork South-Central

-----but there is an issue around proportionality in terms of how the Dáil is structured. In recent times, from 2016 onwards when we changed the thresholds to allow smaller groups to be formed, there has been a wholly disproportionate platform for some representatives, such as when one Independent joins three or four other Independents. They have had far more speaking time than Government backbenchers have had over the last five years and that is going to change. This is an attempt to rebalance that.

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Sitting date: 2025-03-25