Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

The Order of Business for today is, No. 10, motion re membership of committees; No. 10a, motion re interception of Gaza humanitarian flotilla; No. 4, Electricity Regulation (Amendment) (Carbon Revenue Levy) Bill 2010 - Order for Second Stage and Second Stage. It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that the Dáil shall sit later than 8.30 p.m. tonight and that business shall be interrupted not later than 10 p.m.; that No. 10 shall be decided without debate; the proceedings in regard to No. 10a shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 7 p.m. and the following arrangements shall apply: the speeches of a Minister or Minister of State and of the main spokespersons 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 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 for a period not exceeding 15 minutes and a Minister or Minister of State shall be called upon to make a speech in reply, which shall not exceed five minutes. Private Members' Business shall be No. 35, Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2010 - Second Stage, the proceedings of which shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 8.30 p.m. on Wednesday, 2 June 2010.

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