Tom Kitt (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)

I move:

That notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, or the order of the Dáil of this day, the Dáil shall sit later than 10 p.m. tonight and business shall be interrupted not later than 11 p.m. The Second and Subsequent Stages of No. 8a, the Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2007, on the Supplementary Order Paper, shall be taken at 10 p.m., and the following arrangements shall apply: (1) the proceedings on Second Stage shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 45 minutes; speeches shall be confined to a Minister or Minister of State and to the main spokespersons for the Fine Gael Party, Labour Party and Technical Group, who shall be called upon in that order and who may share their time, which shall not exceed ten minutes in each case; and the Minister or Minister of State shall be called upon to make a speech in reply, which shall not exceed five minutes; and (2) the proceedings on Committee and Remaining Stages shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 11 p.m. by one question, which shall be put from the Chair and which shall, in relation to amendments, include only those set down or accepted by the Minister for Health and Children.

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