Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

It is proposed to take No. 15a, motion re referral to select committee of proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the despatch of a contingent of the Permanent Defence Force for service with the United Nations Mission in Liberia, UNMIL; No. 15b, motion re referral to joint committee of proposed approval by Dáil Éireann for a Council decision on the establishment of a mutual information procedure concerning members states' measures in the area of asylum and immigration; and No. 22a, Financial Resolutions by the Minister for Finance [2005] — motion 5 (resumed).

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 7.30 p.m.; Nos. 15a and 15b shall be decided without debate; and the following arrangements shall apply in relation to the resumed debate on No. 22a: the speech of the Taoiseach and of the main spokespersons or a member nominated in his or her stead, for the Fine Gael Party, the Labour Party and the Technical Group, who shall be called upon in that order, shall not exceed 40 minutes in each case; the spokespersons for the Technical Group shall be confined to a spokesperson for the Green Party, Sinn Féin and the Independents; and the speech of each other Member called upon, who may share their time, shall not exceed 30 minutes in each case.

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