Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

It is proposed to take No. 8, motion re leave to introduce Supplementary Estimate — Vote 30, subject to agreement; No. 13, Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2006 [Seanad] — Second Stage (resumed); 8b, Markets in Financial Instruments and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2007 — motion to instruct the committee, to be taken at 3.45 p.m. today; No. 14, Markets in Financial Instruments and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2007 — Committee and Remaining Stages, to be taken on the conclusion of No. 8b. In the event of the proceedings thereon concluding today, the order shall resume thereafter.

It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that: (1) No. 8 shall be decided without debate and any division demanded thereon shall be taken forthwith and subject to agreement; and (2) if No. 8, Supplementary Estimate — Vote 30 — shall be moved and the proceedings thereon shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 1.30 p.m. today and any division demanded thereon shall be taken forthwith, and the following arrangements shall apply: the speeches shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 1.15 p.m. today; the speech of a Minister or Minister of State and of the main spokespersons for the Fine Gael Party and the Labour Party, who shall be called upon in that order, shall not exceed ten minutes in each case; the speech of each other Member called upon shall not exceed five minutes in each case and Members may share time; immediately following the speeches, the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources shall take questions for a period of 15 minutes; the proceedings on 8b shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 75 minutes and the following arrangements shall apply: the speech of a Minister or Minister of State and of the main spokespersons for the Fine Gael Party and the Labour Party, who shall be called upon in that order, shall not exceed 20 minutes in each case; the speech of each other Member called upon shall not exceed five minutes in each case and Members may share time; the Minister or a Minister of State shall be called upon to make a speech in reply which will not exceed five minutes; Private Members' business shall be No. 20, motion re road safety, resumed, to be brought to a conclusion at 8.30 p.m. tonight, if not previously concluded.

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