Séamus Kirk (Louth, Ceann Comhairle)

I call on Deputy Mary O'Rourke, Chairman of the Joint Committee on the Constitutional Amendment on Children, to make a statement pursuant to today's order. The following arrangements applying pursuant to today's order of the Dáil: the statements of the Chairman of the Joint Committee on the Constitutional Amendment on Children and of the main spokesmen for Fine Gael, the Labour Party and Sinn Féin, who shall be called upon in that order, shall not exceed 15 minutes in each case; the statement 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 that will not exceed ten minutes.

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