Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

It is proposed to take No. 6, motion re proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the terms of Certain Acts of the 2004 Congress of the Universal Postal Union; No. 7, motion re 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; and No. 7a, motion re young people. It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that the Dáil shall sit later than 8.30 p.m. and business shall be interrupted on the conclusion of No. 16, motion re national educational psychological service (resumed), which shall be taken for 90 minutes at 7 p.m. or on the conclusion of No. 7a, whichever is the later; Nos. 6 and 7 shall be decided without debate; and the proceedings on No. 7a shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 7 p.m. and the following arrangements shall apply. The 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 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 a Minister or Minister of State shall be called upon to make a speech in reply which shall not exceed ten minutes. Private Members' business shall be No. 16, motion re national educational psychological service (resumed), to conclude at 8.30 p.m.

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