Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)

It is proposed to take No. 10, motion re proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income) (Socialist Republic of Vietnam) Order 2008, back from committee; No. 11, motion re proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Exchange of Information relating to tax matters and Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income) (Isle of Man) Order 2008, back from committee; No. 12, motion re proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income) (Republic of Macedonia) Order 2008, back from committee; No. 13, motion re proposed approval by Dáil Éireann for a Council Framework Decision on the recognition and supervision of suspended sentences, alternative sanctions and conditional sentences, back from committee; No. 14, motion re proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Agreements on Extradition and on Mutual Legal Assistance between the European Union and the United States of America, back from committee; No. 15, motion re proposed approval by Dáil Éireann for a Council Decision establishing a European Police Office (EUROPOL), back from committee; and No. 22, Financial Motions by the Minister for Finance, 2008, motion 15 (resumed).

It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that (1) the Dáil shall sit later than 4.45 p.m. today and business shall be interrupted not later than 7.30 p.m; (2) Nos. 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 shall be decided without debate; (3) the Dáil shall sit tomorrow at 10.30 a.m. and shall adjourn not later than 3 p.m., there shall be no Order of Business, that is, within the meaning of Standing Order 26, and the business to be transacted shall be No. 15a — motion re approval by Dáil Éireann of the terms of the draft scheme entitled Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Scheme 2008, which shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 3 p.m. and the following arrangements shall apply: the speech 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 speech 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 take questions from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m. Private Members' business shall be No. 49, motion re farm waste management scheme, to be taken after the Order of Business and to conclude after three hours, if not previously concluded.

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