Independent TDs who have agreed to support the incoming government will be allowed to ask questions from the opposition benches.
"There's a lot left to rumble in this controversy yet," according to Irish Daily Mail Political Editor Craig Hughes.Independent TDs - who have agreed to support the incoming government, but do not hold a ministerial position - will be allowed to ask questions from the opposition benches.
In a statement this morning, Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy says a precedent for this was set during the confidence and supply agreement between Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael in 2016, during which Fianna Fáil"was still considered the main opposition party". She has invited any members of the Dáil Business Committee who do not agree to make a submission outlining any alternatives by close of business next Wednesday."It does seem very, very difficult to reconcile the fact that people who were central to negotiating the programme for Government - namely Michael Lowry and Danny Healy Rae - could somehow seperately appear on the opposition benches," he said.
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