Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

The Order of Business shall be No. 11, motion re referral to select committee of proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of terms of an agreement between Ireland and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development on participation in the Multilateral Carbon Credit Fund; No. 12, motion re proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the terms of the Euro-Mediterranean Aviation Agreement between the European Community and its member states and the Kingdom of Morocco; No. 13, Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006 — Motion to Instruct the Committee; No. 25, Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006 — Order for Report and Report and Final Stages; No. 26, Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006 — Report Stage (resumed) and Final Stage; and No. 14, motion re current crisis in Darfur, to be taken not later than 8.55 p.m. tonight and the order shall not resume thereafter.

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 p.m.; Nos. 11 and 12 shall be decided without debate; the proceedings on No. 13 shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 65 minutes and the following arrangements shall apply — 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 a Minister or Minister of State shall be called upon to make a speech in reply which shall not exceed five minutes; the proceedings on No. 14 shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 65 minutes and the following arrangements shall apply — 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 a Minister or Minister of State shall be called upon to make a speech in reply which shall not exceed five minutes; and Private Members' business shall be No. 40, Noise Bill 2006 — Second Stage, and the proceedings on the Second Stage thereon shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 8.30 p.m. on Wednesday, 29 November 2006.

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