Editing Question time (section)

===Ireland===
In the [[Oireachtas]], Ireland's parliament, questions are asked in [[Dáil Éireann]], the lower house, to which the [[government of Ireland]] is responsible. The [[Ceann Comhairle]] (speaker) has wide discretion on allowing questions, which are directed to the minister in charge of the relevant [[Department of State (Ireland)|Department of State]]. A question may be answered by any cabinet minister due to [[cabinet collective responsibility]], or by a (non-cabinet) [[Minister of State (Ireland)|Minister of State]] at the relevant Department of State. Questions requiring departmental research may not have an answer available within the three-day notice period; these tend to be submitted for written rather than oral response. The Ceann Comhairle may permit a supplementary question to an oral response. Reforms in 2016 at the start of the [[32nd Dáil]] created separate time slots for different types of question, and empower the Ceann Comhairle to demand a further response if the initial one is deemed inadequate.<ref name="dail202019"/><ref>{{cite web |author1=Dáil Committee of Procedures and Privileges |title=Final Report of the Sub-Committee on Dáil Reform |url=https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/committee/dail/32/sub_committee_on_dail_reform/reports/2016/2016-05-24_final-report-sub-committee-dail-reform_en.pdf#page=26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171117005917/https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/committee/dail/32/sub_committee_on_dail_reform/reports/2016/2016-05-24_final-report-sub-committee-dail-reform_en.pdf |archive-date=17 November 2017 |url-status=live |pages=24–28 |publisher=Oireachtas |access-date=12 March 2021 |date=24 May 2016}}</ref>

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|+Standard schedule for questions in Dáil Éireann<ref name="dail202019">{{cite web |author1=Dáil Éireann |title=Standing Orders Relative to Public Business |url=https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/parliamentaryBusiness/standingOrders/dail/2019/2019-01-11_consolidated-dail-eireann-standing-orders-january-2019_en.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200617043342/https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/parliamentaryBusiness/standingOrders/dail/2019/2019-01-11_consolidated-dail-eireann-standing-orders-january-2019_en.pdf |archive-date=17 June 2020 |url-status=live |publisher=Oireachtas |access-date=11 March 2021 |date=15 January 2019 |no-pp=y |pages=S.O. numbers 28–29, 35–44A; and pp. 117–118, 133}}</ref>
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!rowspan=2| Type of question !!colspan=3| Duration (mins)  !! rowspan=2| Asked by !!rowspan=2| Asked of !!rowspan=2| Notes
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! Tues !! Weds !! Thur 
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| Leaders' Qs || 32 || 32 || 32 || leader of an opposition [[parliamentary group]] ||rowspan=2|  [[Taoiseach]] (prime minister) || Questions not submitted in advance, typically relate to current news events.
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| Taoiseach's Parliamentary Qs || 45 || 45 || — ||rowspan=4|  any [[Teachta Dála]] (TD; Dáil deputy) || 
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| Minister's Parliamentary Qs || 90 || 90 || 90 ||rowspan=2| Government ministers in rotation || The parliamentary groups share five "priority questions" proportionately; remaining time is spent on questions picked by lottery. 
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| Qs on Promised Legislation || — || 30 || 15 || Question must relate to a [[bill (law)|bill]] [[first reading|introduced]] by, or [[secondary legislation]] made by, the minister
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| Private Notice Q. ||colspan=3 style="text-align:center;"| occasional || Government minister || Question submitted at short notice on an urgent matter.
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