Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)

It is proposed to take No. 26, Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009 - Order for Report, Report and Final Stages; No. 27, Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad] - Order for Report, Report and Final Stages; No. 2, European Parliament (Irish Constituency Members) Bill 2009 [Seanad] - Second and Subsequent Stages.

It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that the Dáil shall sit later than 4.45 p.m. tonight and business shall be interrupted not later than 10 p.m.; in the event of the motion re by-election for Donegal being moved, No. a12, the proceedings shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 20 minutes today and the speeches shall be confined to the main spokespersons for Sinn Féin, the Fine Gael Party, the Labour Party and to a Minister or Minister of State, who shall be called upon in that order and who may share their time, which shall not exceed five minutes in each case; Report and Final Stages of No. 26 shall be taken today and the proceedings thereon shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 2 p.m. today by one question which shall be put from the Chair and which shall, in relation to amendments, include only those set down or accepted by the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform; Question Time today shall be taken on the conclusion of No. 26 or at 2 p.m., whichever is the later, for 75 minutes, and in the event of a Private Notice Question being allowed, it shall be taken after 45 minutes and the order shall resume thereafter; Report and Final Stages of No. 27 shall be taken today and the proceedings thereon shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 5.15 p.m. today by one question which shall be put from the Chair and which shall, in relation to amendments, include only those set down or accepted by the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment; the following arrangements shall apply in relation to No. 2: the proceedings on Second Stage shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 8 p.m. tonight; the proceedings on Committee and Remaining Stages shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 10 p.m. tonight by one question which shall be put from the Chair and which shall, in relation to amendments, include only those set down or accepted by the Minister for Finance.

The Dáil shall sit tomorrow at 10.30 a.m. and adjourn not later than 9 p.m.; there shall be no Order of Business within the meaning of Standing Order 26; the taking of any divisions shall be postponed until immediately after the Order of Business on Tuesday, 7 July 2009, and accordingly, the following business shall be transacted in the following order: No. 5, Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009 – Order for Second Stage and Second Stage, which shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 3.30 p.m. on that day; and No. 27a, statements on the OECD and IMF reports, which shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 9 p.m. on that day, and the following arrangements shall apply: the statements of a Minister or Minister of State and the main spokespersons for the Fine Gael Party, Labour Party and Sinn Féin, who shall be called upon in that order, shall not exceed 20 minutes in each case; the statements of other Members called upon shall not exceed 20 minutes in each case; Members may share time; and a Minister or Minister of State shall be called upon to make a statement in reply which shall not exceed ten minutes.

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