Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)

It is proposed to take No. a11, motion re membership of committees; No. 11, motion re proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the ratification by Ireland of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, back from committee; No. 11a, motion re referral to select committee of proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the terms of the borrowing agreement between Ireland and the International Monetary Fund; No. 11b, motion re proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the draft Commission of Investigation (Banking Sector) Order 2010; No. 11c, motion re referral to joint committee of macroeconomic policy lessons as set out in the report by Klaus Regling and Max Watson, entitled A Preliminary Report on The Sources of Ireland's Banking Crisis; No. 19, Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009 [Seanad] - Second and Remaining Stages (resumed); No. 20, Criminal Procedure Bill 2009 [Seanad] - Order for Report, Report and Final Stages; and No. 22, Multi-Unit Developments Bill 2009 [Seanad] - Second Stage (resumed).

It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that (1) the Dáil shall sit later than 4.45 p.m. tonight and business shall be interrupted on the conclusion of Question Time, which shall be taken for 75 minutes on the conclusion of No. 22, 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; (2) Nos. a11, 11 and 11a shall be decided without debate; (3) Nos. 11b and 11c shall be debated together and the proceedings thereon shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 1 hour ten minutes and the following arrangements shall apply: (i) 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 shall not exceed 15 minutes in each case; (ii) a Minister or Minister of State shall be called upon to make a speech in reply which shall not exceed ten minutes; (4) the following arrangements shall apply in relation to No. 19: (i) the proceedings on the resumed Second Stage shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 30 minutes; (ii) the proceedings on the Committee and Remaining Stages shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 4.10 p.m. today 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 the Environment, Heritage and Local Government; (5) the Report and Final Stages of No. 20 shall be taken today and the proceedings thereon shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 6.10 p.m. 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 Justice and Law Reform; (6) the proceedings on the resumed Second Stage of No. 22 shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 10 p.m. tonight; and in the event a division is called, it shall be postponed until immediately after the Order of Business on Wednesday, 29 September 2010; and (7) the Dáil on its rising today shall adjourn until 2.30 p.m. on Wednesday, 29 September 2010.

See this speech in context