Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)

It is proposed to take No. 3, Finance (No. 2) Bill 2011 - Second Stage (resumed) and No. 8, statements on Progress on the 20 Year Strategy for the Irish Language. It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that the following arrangements shall apply in respect of No. 8: the statements of a Minister or Minister or State and of the main spokespersons for Fianna Fáil, Sinn Féin and the Technical Group, who shall be called upon in that order, shall not exceed 15 minutes in each case; the statement of each other Member called upon shall not exceed ten minutes in each case; Members may share time; and 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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