Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)

It is proposed to take No. a1, Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008 — amendments from the Seanad; No. a14, motion re Orders of Reference of Committee;No. b14, motion re Membership of Committee; No. 14a, motion re establishment of sub-committee of the Joint Committee on European Affairs; and No. 1, Broadcasting Bill 2008 [Seanad] — Second Stage.

It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that the proceedings on No. a1 shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 60 minutes and any amendments from the Seanad not disposed of shall be decided by one question which shall be put from the Chair, and which shall, in relation to amendments to the Seanad amendments, include only those set down or accepted by the Minister for Finance; and the proceedings on Nos. a14, b14 and 14a shall be taken together for the purposes of discussion and shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 45 minutes. The following arrangements shall apply — the speeches shall be confined to a Minister or Minister of State and to the main spokespersons for the Fine Gael Party, the Labour Party and Sinn Féin, who shall be called upon in that order; Deputies may share their time and shall not exceed ten minutes in each case. A Minister or Minister of State shall be called upon to make a speech in reply which shall not exceed five minutes.

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