Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

It is proposed to take No. 7 — motion re nomination of Comptroller and Auditor General. It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that (1) the Dáil shall sit later than 8.30 p.m. tonight and business shall be interrupted on the adjournment of Private Members' business which shall be No. 31 — motion re Irish economy, to be taken for 90 minutes at 7 p.m. tonight or on the conclusion of No. 7, whichever is the later; and (2) the proceedings on No. 7 shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 7 p.m. tonight with the following arrangements: that 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 and the speeches of each other Member, if called upon, shall not exceed ten minutes in each case, Members may share time and a Member or Minister of State shall be called upon to make a speech in reply which shall not exceed five minutes.

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