Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

It is proposed to take No. 17, statements on European Council; No. 5, Central Bank and Credit Institutions (Resolution) (No. 2) Bill 2011 – Second Stage (resumed); and No. 1, Criminal Justice (Female Genital Mutilation) Bill 2011 [Seanad] – Second Stage.

It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that the proceedings on No. 17 shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 85 minutes and the following arrangements shall apply: the statements shall be confined to the Taoiseach and to the main spokespersons for Fianna Fáil, Sinn Féin and the Technical Group, who shall be called upon in that order, who may share their time, and which shall not exceed 15 minutes in each case; a Minister or Minister of State shall take questions for a period not exceeding 20 minutes; a Minister or Minister of State shall be called upon to make a statement in reply which shall not exceed five minutes; the suspension of sitting under Standing Order 23(1) shall take place at 1.30 p.m., or on the conclusion of No. 17, whichever is the later, until 2.30 p.m. Private Members' business shall be No. 24 – Twenty-Ninth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 3) Bill 2011 – Second Stage (resumed), to conclude at 8.30 p.m. tonight, if not previously concluded.

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