Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

It is proposed to take No. 21, Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2007 — Order for Report, Report and Final Stages; No. 22, European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad] — Order for Report, Report and Final Stages; and No. 23, Medical Practitioners Bill 2007 — Order for Report, Report and Final Stages.

It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that the Dáil shall sit later than 8.30 p.m. and that business shall be interrupted not later than 10.30 p.m; that Report and Final Stages of No. 21 shall be taken today and that the proceedings thereon shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 1 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 the Environment, Heritage and Local Government; that Report and Final Stages of No. 22 shall be taken today and that the proceedings thereon shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 4.45 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 Foreign Affairs; that Report and Final Stages of No. 23 shall be taken today and that the proceedings thereon shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 10.30 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. Private Members' business shall be No. 37, Appointments to Public Bodies Bill 2007 — Second Stage (resumed), to conclude at 8.30 p.m.

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