Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

It is proposed to take No. 10a, Sea Pollution (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003 [Seanad] — instruction to committee; No. 10b, motion re proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the agreement between the European Union and the United States of America on the processing and transfer of passenger name record, PNR, data by air carriers to the United States Department of Homeland Security; No. 11, motion re 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; and No. 18, the Sea Pollution (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003 [Seanad] — Order for Report Stage and Report and Final Stages.

It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that: (1) No. 10a shall be decided without debate; (2) the proceedings on No. 10b shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after two hours and five minutes, and the following arrangements shall apply: (i) the speech 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; (ii) the speech of each other Member, who shall be called upon in the following sequence, shall not exceed ten minutes in each case: Government, Fine Gael, Government, Labour, Government and the Technical Group, after which the sequence is to recommence; (iii) Members may share time; (iv) a Minister or Minister of State shall be called upon to make a speech in reply which shall not exceed five minutes; and (3) the proceedings on No. 11 shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 65 minutes and the following arrangements shall apply: (i) the speeches shall be confined to a Minister or Minister of State and to the main spokespersons for the Fine Gael Party, the Labour Party and the Technical Group, who shall be called upon in that order, and who may share their time, which shall not exceed 15 minutes in each case; and (ii) a Minister or Minister of State shall be called upon to make a speech in reply which shall not exceed five minutes. Private Members' business shall be No. 52, motion re drugs crisis.

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