Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

It is proposed to take No. 15, Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Bill 2007 [Seanad] Order for Report and Report and Final Stages; No. 10, motion re proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of a contingent of the Permanent Defence Force for service with the EU military operation named "EUFOR TCHAD/RCA". 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. 22, motion re confidence in the Minister for Health and Children (resumed), which will be taken after 90 minutes at 7 p.m. or on the conclusion of No. 10, whichever is later. The proceedings of No. 10 shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to 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.

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