Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

It is proposed to take No. 9, motion re ministerial rota for parliamentary questions; No 10, 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 Interim Force in Lebanon, UNIFIL; and No. 17, statements on the Green Paper on Energy.

It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that Nos. 9 and 10 shall be decided without debate and the following arrangements shall apply in respect of No. 17 — the statements of the 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 on in that order, shall not exceed 15 minutes and the statements of other Members shall not exceed ten minutes and Members may share time. A Minister or Minister of State shall be called upon to reply in a statement not exceeding five minutes. Private Members' business shall be No. 52, motion re drugs crisis.

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