Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

It is proposed to take No. 12, motion re by-election for Waterford; No. 6, Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010 - Second and Remaining Stages; and No. 20, Nurses and Midwives Bill 2010 - Second Stage (resumed). It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that in the event of No. 12, the motion re by-election for Waterford being moved, the proceedings shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 20 minutes today and the speeches shall be confined to the main spokespersons for Fine Gael, the Labour Party, Sinn Féin and to a Minister or Minister of State, who shall be called upon in that order, who may share their time, and which shall not exceed five minutes in each case; and the following arrangements shall apply in relation to No. 6 - the proceedings on the resumed Second Stage shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 5.30 p.m. today and the proceedings on the Committee and Remaining Stages shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 7 p.m. by one question which shall be put from the Chair and which shall, with regard to amendments, include only those set down or accepted by the Minister for Finance.

Private Members' business, No. 74, motion re final report of the Joint Committee on the Constitutional Amendment on Children (resumed), shall be taken at 7 p.m., or on the conclusion of No. 6, whichever is the later, and brought to a conclusion after 90 minutes.

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