Tom Kitt (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)

I move:

That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders or the order of the Dáil on this day, the Dáil shall sit later than 8.30 p.m. and business will be interrupted on the conclusion of Private Members' time which shall be taken for 90 minutes on the conclusion of the Finance (No. 2) Bill 2007; the debate on Second Stage of No. 2 shall be brought to a conclusion not later than 8 p.m. and the following arrangements shall apply: the speeches of the Minister or Minister of State and of the main spokespersons for Fine Gael and the Labour Party who shall be called upon in that order shall not exceed 15 minutes in each case; the speech of each other Member called upon shall not exceed ten minutes in each case; Members may share time; and the Minister or Minister of State shall be called upon to make a speech in reply which shall not exceed five minutes.

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