Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)

It is proposed to take No. 12a, motion re ministerial rota for parliamentary questions; No. 19a, motion re referral to joint committee of proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Planning and Development Regulations 2008; No. 12, Revised Estimates for Public Services 2008 — Votes 1 to 41, back from committee; No. 11, motion re Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998; No. 22, Electricity Regulation (Amendment) (EirGrid) Bill 2008 — Order for Report, Report and Final Stages; No. 23, Chemical Bills 2008 — Order for Report, Report and Final Stages; No. 3, Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008 — Order for Second Stage and Second Stage; and No. 23a, statements on the fishing industry, to be taken at 2 p.m. today, and the order shall not resume thereafter.

It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that Nos. 12a, 19a and 12 shall be decided without debate and that, in the case of No. 12, Votes 1 to 41 shall be moved together and shall be decided by one question which shall be put from the Chair and any division demanded thereon shall be taken forthwith; the proceedings on No. 11 shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 50 minutes and the following arrangements shall apply — the speeches of a Minister or a 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 and who may share their time, shall not exceed 15 minutes in each case and a Minister or Minister of State shall be called upon to make a speech in reply which shall not exceed five minutes; the proceedings on No. 23a shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 3.30 p.m. today and the following arrangements shall apply — the statements of a Minister or Minister of State and of the main spokespersons for the Fine Gael Party, the Labour Party and Sinn Féin, who shall be called upon in that order, shall not exceed 15 minutes in each case and the statements 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 statement in reply which shall not exceed five minutes; and parliamentary questions next for answer by the Taoiseach on EU matters shall be taken on the same day as the statements on the EU Council meeting in Brussels, scheduled to be taken on Wednesday 25 June 2008, and shall be moved to be taken first as ordinary Oral Questions to the Taoiseach on that day.

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