Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

It is proposed to take No. 8, motion re ministerial rota for parliamentary questions; No. 9, Registration of Deeds and Title Bill 2004 [Seanad]— Financial Resolution; No. 10, Driver Testing and Standards Authority Bill 2004 — Financial Resolution; No. 11, Driver Testing and Standards Authority Bill 2004 — Instruction to Committee; No. 20, statements on public disorder in Dublin city centre on 25 February 2006; and No. 21, Social Welfare Law Reform and Pensions Bill 2006 — Second Stage, resumed. It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that the Dáil shall sit later than 8.30 p.m. and business shall be interrupted not later than 10.30 p.m. Nos. 8, 9, 10 and 11 shall be decided without debate. The proceedings on No. 20 shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after two hours and 20 minutes 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, which shall be confined to the following sequence, shall not exceed ten minutes in each case, Government, Fine Gael, Labour and Technical Group Members may share time. A Minister or Minister of State shall take questions for a period not exceeding 30 minutes. A Minister or Minister of State shall be called upon to make a statement in reply which shall not exceed ten minutes. The proceedings on the resumed Second Stage of No. 21 shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 10.30 p.m. Private Members' Business, which shall be No. 55, motion re school discipline issues, shall be taken for 90 minutes at 7 p.m. or on the conclusion of No. 20, whichever is the later.

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