Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

——of the air transport agreement between the European Community and the United States of America.

It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders that (1) the Dáil shall sit later than 8.30 p.m. tonight and business shall be interrupted on the conclusion of No. 17; (2) No. 16 shall be decided without debate; (3) the proceedings on the resumed Report Stage and Final Stage of No. 22 shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 10 p.m. tonight by one question which shall be put from the Chair and which shall, in regard to amendments, include only those set down or accepted by the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform; (4) the proceedings on No. 17 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 the Minister and 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 will not exceed 15 minutes in each case; (ii) a Minister or Minister of State shall be called upon to make a speech in reply which will not exceed five minutes; (5) the Second Stage of No. 6, the Electoral (Amendment) No. 2 Bill 2007, shall be taken in Private Members' time tonight 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, 25 April 2007.

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