Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

It is proposed to take No. b12, motion re ministerial rota for parliamentary questions; No. c12, motion re nomination of Comptroller and Auditor General; No. 12, motion re proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Council decision on the conclusion of the agreement between the United States of America and the European Union on the use and transfer of passenger name records to the United States Department of Homeland Security (back from committee); No. 5, Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2012 - Committee and Remaining Stages; and No. 6, Electricity Regulation (Carbon Revenue Levy)(Amendment) Bill 2012 - Order for Second Stage, Second and Subsequent Stages. It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that No. b12 shall be decided without debate; the proceedings in relation to No. c12 shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 25 minutes and the following arrangements shall apply: the speech of a Minister or Minister of State and of the main spokespersons for Fianna Fáil, Sinn Féin and the Technical Group, who shall be called upon in that order, and who may share their time, shall not exceed five minutes in each case, and a Minister or Minister of State shall be called upon to make a speech in reply which shall not exceed five minutes; the proceedings in relation to No. 12 shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 20 minutes and the speech of a Minister or Minister of State and of the main spokespersons for Fianna Fáil, Sinn Féin and the Technical Group, who shall be called upon in that order, and who may share their time, shall not exceed five minutes in each case; the proceedings on the Committee and Remaining Stages of No. 5 shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 1.30 p.m. today by one Question which shall be put from the Chair and which shall, in relation to amendments, include only those set down or accepted by the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government; the following arrangements shall apply in relation to No. 6: the proceedings on the Second Stage shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 3 p.m. today and the opening speeches of a Minister or Minister of State and of the main spokespersons for Fianna Fáil, Sinn Féin and the Technical Group, who shall be called upon in that order and who may share their time, shall not exceed 15 minutes in each case, the speech of each other Member called upon shall not exceed ten minutes, and such Members may share their time, and a Minister or Minister of State shall be called upon to make a speech in reply which shall not exceed five minutes; the proceedings on the Committee and Remaining Stages shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 3.42 p.m. today by one Question which shall be put from the Chair and which shall, in relation to amendments, include only those set down or accepted by the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources; and the Dáil on its rising today shall adjourn until 10.30 a.m. on Wednesday, 6 June 2012.

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