Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

I move:

That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders,

(i) the proceedings on No. 5, nomination of members of the Government, shall be brought to a conclusion at 8.15 p.m. and the following arrangements shall apply:

(a) the speech of the Taoiseach and of every leader of a party recognised as a group shall not exceed 15 minutes in each case;

(b) the speech of each other Member called upon shall not exceed ten minutes in each case; and

(c) Members may share time;

(ii) until the Dáil shall otherwise order, the order in which questions to members of the Government, other than the Taoiseach, shall be asked in accordance with Standing Order 37(2) shall be that in which members of the Government will be listed in a resolution approving their nomination by the Taoiseach for appointment by the President; and

(iii) the Dáil on its rising today shall adjourn until 2.30 p.m. on Tuesday, 26 June 2007.

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