Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)

It is proposed to take No. 16a, motion on membership of committees; No. 16b, motion on referral to joint committee of proposed approval by Dáil Éireann for a Council framework decision on simplifying the exchange of information and intelligence between law enforcement authorities of the member states of the European Union; No. 16c, motion on address by the Honourable John Howard, MP, Prime Minister of Australia; No. 16d, motion on arrangements to facilitate address by the Honourable John Howard, MP, Prime Minister of Australia; No. 18, Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006 — Second Stage, resumed; and No. 19, statements on Transport 21, resumed, in accordance with the Order of the Dáil of 2 March 2006.

It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that Nos. 16a and 16b shall be decided without debate; that Nos. 16c and 16d shall be moved and debated together and the proceedings thereon shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 24 minutes by one question which shall be put from the Chair. The speeches shall be confined to a Minister or Minister of State and to the main spokespersons for Fine Gael, the Labour Party and the Technical Group, who shall be called upon in that order and who may share their time, and shall not exceed six minutes in each case.

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