Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

It is proposed to take No. 10a, motion re ministerial rota for parliamentary questions; and No. 18, statements on housing. It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that No. 10a shall be decided without debate, the proceedings on No. 18 shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 7 p.m. and the following arrangements shall apply: the statements of a Minister or Minister of State and of the main spokespersons for 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 statements of each other Member called upon shall not exceed ten 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 five minutes. Private Members' business shall be No. 43, motion re reform of the Competition Act 2002, resumed, to conclude at 8.30 p.m.

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