Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

Today's Order of Business is No. 11a, motion re Progress Report of the Joint Committee on Investigations, Oversight and Petitions and Orders of Reference of Committee; No. 4, Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2011 - Second Stage (resumed); and No. 14, National Tourism Development Authority (Amendment) Bill 2011 - Second Stage (resumed). It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that No. 11a shall be decided without debate, No. 13a, motion re by-election for Dublin West, shall be taken on the conclusion of Topical Issues on Tuesday, 4 October 2011 and the proceedings thereon shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 60 minutes on that day and the following arrangements shall apply: the speeches shall be confined to the spokesmen for Fianna Fáil, Sinn Féin, the Technical Group and a Minister or Minister for State, who shall be called upon in that order and who may share their time, which shall not exceed 15 minutes in each case.

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