Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

It is proposed to take No. 7a, motion re Technical Amendments to Standing Orders; No. 7b - motion re Orders of Reference of Committees; and No. b16 - Statements on the National Recovery Plan 2011 – 2014. It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that Nos. 7a and 7b shall be decided without debate; and the following arrangements shall apply on No. b16: (i) the statements of the Taoiseach and of the Leaders 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 20 minutes in each case; (ii) the statement 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 20 minutes in each case; (iii) the statement of each other Member called upon shall not exceed 20 minutes in each case; and (iv) a Minister or Minister of State shall be called upon to make a statement in reply which shall not exceed ten minutes.

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