Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

It is proposed to take No. 7, motion re Establishment of Committees of 30th Dáil; No. 8, motion re Pre-budget Estimates for Public Services 2008; and No. a3, CriminalProcedure (Amendment) Bill 2007 — Orderfor Second Stage, Second and SubsequentStages.

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 conclusion of No. a3; No. 7, motion re Establishment of Committees of 30th Dáil, Nos. 1 to 16, shall be moved together and decided without debate by one question, which shall be put from the Chair; the proceedings on No. 8 shall, if not previously concluded, adjourn at 7 p.m. tonight and shall be brought to a conclusion at 7 p.m. tomorrow night 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 ten minutes in each case; Members may share time; a Minister or Minister of State shall be called upon to make a speech in reply which shall not exceed ten minutes; the Second and Subsequent Stages of No. a3 shall be taken tonight and the following arrangements shall apply: the proceedings on the Second Stage shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 10.15 p.m.; the opening speeches 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 ten minutes in each case, Members may share time, and a Minister or Minister of State shall be called upon to make a speech in reply which shall not exceed ten minutes; the proceedings on Committee and Remaining Stages shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 10.30 p.m. tonight by one question, which shall be put from the Chair, and which shall, regarding amendments, include only those set down or accepted by the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform; Parliamentary Questions next for answer by the Taoiseach on EU matters shall be taken on the same day as the statements on the EU Council meeting, Lisbon, scheduled to be taken on Wednesday, 24 October, 2007, and shall be moved to be taken first as ordinary Oral Questions to the Taoiseach on that day. Private Members' business shall be No. 22, motion re agrifood industry.

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