Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

It is proposed to take No. 7a, motion re membership of committees; No. 7b, motion re referral of papers to Joint Committee on Communications, Natural Resources and Agriculture; No. 7c, motion re proposal that Dáil Eireann notes the report of the Joint Committee on Investigations, Oversight and Petitions, entitled Report on Revised Orders of Reference for the Joint Committee, and referral of the report to the Committee on Procedure and Privileges; No. 15, Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad] - Report Stage (resumed) and Final Stage; and No. 16, statements on intercountry adoption.

It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that Nos. 7a, 7b and 7c , shall be decided without debate, and the proceedings in relation to No. 16 shall be taken today at 1.30 p.m. and the following arrangements shall apply: the opening statements shall be made by a Minister or Minister of State and by the main spokespersons for Fianna Fáil, Sinn Féin and the Technical Group, who shall be called upon in that order, and shall not exceed 15 minutes in each case, the statements of each other Member called upon shall not exceed ten minutes in each case, and Members may share time.

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