Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

It is proposed to take No. a16, European Communities (Amendment) Bill 2012 – modification of Standing Orders in relation to motion to instruct the select committee; No.b16, European Communities (Amendment) Bill 2012 – motion to instruct the select committee; No. 16, motion re Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998; No. 17, motion re Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009; No. 2, Companies (Amendment) Bill 2012 [Seanad] - Second Stage (resumed); No. 26, Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012 [Seanad] - Second Stage (resumed); No. 27, European Arrest Warrant (Application to Third Countries and Amendment) and Extradition (Amendment) Bill 2011 - Second Stage (resumed); and No. 28, statements on Common Fisheries Policy reform, to be taken at 6.25 p.m. today and the order shall not resume thereafter.

It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that (1) No. a16 shall be decided without debate; and subject to the agreement of No. a16, the proceedings in relation to No. b16 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; (2) the proceedings in relation to Nos. 16 and 17 shall each, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 45 minutes and the following arrangements shall apply in each case; (i) 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 ten minutes in each case; and (ii) a Minister or Minister of State shall be called upon to make a speech in reply which shall not exceed five minutes; and (3) the proceedings in relation to No. 28 shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 65 minutes and the following arrangements shall apply; (i) the opening statements of a Minister or Minster 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; and (ii) a Minister or Minister of State shall be called upon to make a statement in reply which shall not exceed five minutes. Private Members' business shall be No. 68, motion re independent inquiries into planning irregularities (resumed), to conclude at 9 p.m. tonight, if not previously concluded.

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