Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

It is proposed to take No. 11, motion re regional sittings of the Joint Committee on European Affairs; No. 12, technical motion re further Revised Estimates, Votes 6 and 38; No. 18, Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2008 — Second Stage (resumed). It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that Nos. 11 and 12 shall be decided without debate, and in the case of No. 12, any division demanded thereon shall be taken forthwith; Private Members' Business shall be No. 27, Cluster Munitions Bill 2008 — Second Stage, and the proceedings on the Second Stage thereon shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 8.30 p.m. on Wednesday, 9 April 2008; parliamentary questions next for answer by the Taoiseach on EU matters shall be taken on the same day as the statements on EU Council meeting in Brussels, scheduled to be taken on Wednesday, 9 April 2008 and shall be moved to be taken first as ordinary oral questions to the Taoiseach on that day.

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