Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

It is proposed to take No. 10, motion re membership of committees; No. 20, Dublin Transport Authority Bill 2008 [Seanad] — Second Stage (resumed), to adjourn at 6 p.m., if not previously concluded; and No. 21, motion re proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the development of a prison in the district electoral division of Kilsallaghan in the County of Fingal (resumed). It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that the Dáil shall sit later than 8.30 p.m. and business shall be interrupted not later than 10 p.m.; No. 10 shall be decided without debate; and the proceedings on the resumed debate No. 21 shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 10 p.m. The following arrangements shall apply to No. 21: 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 speeches of each other Member called upon shall not exceed ten minutes in each case; Members may share time; a Minister or Minister of State shall be called upon to make a speech in reply which shall not exceed ten minutes; and Standing Order 47 shall not apply to Members who have spoken previously in the debate. Private Members' business shall be No. 45, motion re increase in the number of sitting days.

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