Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

It is proposed to take No. 10, motion re Standing Orders 39 and 116; and No. 1, Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007 — Second and Subsequent Stages. It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that the Dáil shall sit later than 8.30 p.m. tonight and business shall be interrupted on the adjournment of Private Members' business, which shall be No. 15, motion re proposed incinerator at Poolbeg, which shall be taken for 90 minutes at 7 p.m. tonight or on the conclusion of No. 1, whichever is later. No. 10 shall be decided without debate, Second and Subsequent Stages of No. 1 shall be taken today and the following arrangements shall apply: the proceedings on Second Stage shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 50 minutes, the speeches shall be confined to a Minister or Minister of State and the main spokespersons for Fine Gael and the Labour Party, who shall be called upon in that order and who may share their time, and which shall not exceed 15 minutes in each case; and a Minister or Minister of State shall be called upon to make a speech in reply which shall not exceed five minutes. The proceedings on Committee and Remaining Stages shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 7 p.m. by one question put from the Chair and which shall, in respect of amendments, include only those set down or accepted by the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs.

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