Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

It is proposed to take No. 10, motion re leave to introduce Supplementary Estimate [Vote 6]; No. 10a, motion re referral of Supplementary Estimate [Vote 6] to select committee; No. 9, motion re ministerial rota for parliamentary questions; No. 10b, motion re appointment of ordinary Members to the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission; No. 10c, motion re referral to select committee of proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the terms of the agreement between the Government of Ireland and the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China; No. 10d, motion re referral to select committee of proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the terms of certain Acts of the 2004 Congress of the Universal Postal Union; No. 14, statements on the meeting of the Intergovernmental Conference, Lisbon; No. 8, motion re pre-budget Estimates for Public Services 2008 (resumed), to be taken not later than 3.45 p.m.

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 Private Members' business which shall be No. 22, motion re agrifood industry (resumed), which shall be taken for 90 minutes at 7 p.m., or on the conclusion of No. 8, whichever is the later; and the suspension of sitting under Standing Order 23(1) shall take place at 1.30 p.m., or on the conclusion of No. 14, whichever is the later, until 2.30 p.m.; Nos. 10, 9, 10b, 10c, and 10d, and subject to the agreement of No. 10, No. 10a (referral to select committee), shall be decided without debate and any divisions demanded thereon shall be taken forthwith; the proceedings on No. 14 shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 80 minutes and the following arrangements shall apply. The statements shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 60 minutes and shall be confined to the Taoiseach and to the main spokespersons for the Fine Gael Party, the Labour Party and Sinn Féin, who shall be called upon in that order and who may share their time, which shall not exceed 15 minutes in each case; immediately following the statements, a Minister or Minister of State shall take questions for a period not exceeding 20 minutes.

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