Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)

It is proposed to take No. 45 - Statements on the report by the Commission of Investigation into the Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin (resumed); No.16 - Motion re: proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the terms of the draft scheme entitled Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) Scheme 2009; No. 2 - Foreshore and Dumping at Sea (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad] - Second and Subsequent Stages; No. 6 - Civil Partnership Bill 2009 - Order for Second Stage and Second Stage.

It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that the Dáil shall sit later than 4.45 p.m. today and business shall be interrupted on the conclusion of Question Time tonight which shall be taken for 75 minutes at 8.45 p.m., and in the event of a Private Notice Question being allowed, it shall be taken after 45 minutes, and the order shall not resume thereafter; the proceedings on No. 16 shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 50 minutes and the following arrangements shall apply: the speeches shall be confined to a Minister or Minister of State and to the main spokespersons for Fine Gael, the Labour Party and Sinn Féin, who shall be called upon in that order, who may share their time, and which shall not exceed 10 minutes in each case and a Minister or Minister of State shall make a speech in reply which shall not exceed 10 minutes; the Second and Subsequent Stages of No. 2 shall be taken today and the following arrangements shall apply: the proceedings on Second Stage shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 5.45 p.m. tonight and the proceedings on the Committee and Remaining Stages shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 6.45 p.m. tonight by one question which shall be put from the Chair and which shall, in relation to amendments, include only those set down or accepted by the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.

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