Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

I move:

That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders:

1. (i) there shall be no Order of Business today within the meaning of Standing Order 26;

(ii) there shall be no Leaders' Questions today pursuant to Standing Order 27;

(iii) oral questions shall not be taken today;

(iv) matters may not be raised today under the provisions of Standing Order 21(3) or 32; and

(v) business shall be suspended until 7 p.m. on the conclusion of the motion on the Nomination of Members of the Government;

2. The proceedings on the motion on the Nomination of Members of the Government shall be taken at 3.15 p.m. and brought to a conclusion at 6.15 p.m. today by one question which will be put from the Chair, any division demanded thereon shall be taken manually, and the following arrangements shall apply:

(i) the speeches of the Taoiseach and of the Leader of Fine Gael, the Labour Party, the Green Party and Sinn Féin, or a person nominated in his stead, who shall be called upon in that order, shall not exceed 15 minutes in each case;

(ii) the speech of each other Member called upon shall not exceed ten minutes in each case;

(iii) Members may share time; and

(iv) a member of the Government or Minister of State shall be called upon to make a speech in reply which shall not exceed ten minutes.

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