Tom Kitt (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)

I move:

That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders or the Order of the Dáil on 28 September 2006:

Statements on disclosures relating to the Mahon tribunal should be taken now for 45 minutes and the following arrangements shall apply:

(i) the statement of the Taoiseach shall not exceed 15 minutes and the statements of the main spokespersons for the Fine Gael Party, the Labour Party and the Green Party, Sinn Féin and Deputy Joe Higgins shall not exceed five minutes in each case;

(ii) the Taoiseach shall be called upon to make a statement in reply which shall not exceed five minutes;

(iii) Leaders' Questions shall be taken on conclusion of the statements and;

(iv) on the conclusion of Leaders' Questions, the Taoiseach shall take questions on the subject matter of the statements which shall not exceed 40 minutes and the ordinary routine of business shall resume thereafter.

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