Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)

I move:

That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, with effect from 6 April, 2011 and until further notice in the 31st Dáil:

(1) Standing Order 26 of the Standing Orders relative to Public Business is hereby amended as follows:

(a) by the substitution for subparagraph (2)(b)(ii) of:

'(ii) on Wednesdays, immediately following Leaders' Questions, and',

and

(b) by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (4):

'(5) The proceedings on matters comprehended by paragraphs (2) and (3) shall not exceed thirty minutes on Wednesdays.'

and

(2) Standing Order 36 of the Standing Orders relative to Public Business is hereby amended by the substitution for subparagraph (1)(a)(ii) of:

'(ii) following the Order of Business on Wednesdays for a period not exceeding forty-five minutes.'."

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