Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

It is proposed to take No. 9, motion re ministerial rota for Parliamentary Questions; No. 10, motion re statement of expenditure for Houses of the Oireachtas; No. 11, motion re referral of Social Welfare Consolidation Bill 2005 to Standing Joint Committee on Consolidation Bills; No. 15, statements on the Lisbon National Reform Programme; and No. 16, Employment Permits Bill 2005 — Second Stage (resumed).

It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that the Dáil should sit later than 8.30 p.m. tonight and business shall be interrupted on the adjournment of Private Members' business, which shall be No. 44, motion re delivery of health services and taken for 90 minutes at 7 p.m. or the conclusion of No. 15, whichever is the later. Nos. 9, 10 and 11 shall be decided without debate and the proceedings of No. 15 shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to conclusion after two hours and 20 minutes and the following arrangement shall apply: the statements of a Minister or Minister of State and of the main spokespersons for the Progressive Democrats Party, the Fine Gael Party, the Labour Party and the Technical Group, who shall be called upon in that order, shall not exceed 15 minutes in each case; the statement of each other Member, who shall be called upon in the following sequence, shall not exceed ten minutes — Government, Fine Gael, Government, Labour, Government, Technical Group; Members may share time; and the Minister or Minister of State shall be called upon to make a statement of reply which shall not exceed five minutes.

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