Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

It is proposed to take No. 5, Supplementary Estimates for Public Services 2012 [Vote 32] - back from committee; No. 5a, motion re membership of committees; No. 12, Gaeltacht Bill 2012 [Seanad] - Committee and Remaining Stages; No. 15, Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011 [Seanad] - Order for Report, Report and Final Stages; and No. 15a, statements on the Government's response to the Mahon tribunal recommendations.

It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that: (1) the Dáil shall sit later than 5.45 p.m. tonight and shall adjourn on the conclusion of Oral Questions; (2) Nos. 5 and 5a shall be decided without debate and any division demanded on No. 5 shall be taken forthwith; (3) Committee and Remaining Stages of No. 12 shall be taken today and shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 2.30 p.m. 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 Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht; (4) Report and Final Stages of No. 15 shall be taken today and shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 5.30 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; (5) the proceedings in relation to No. 15a shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 45 minutes and the following arrangements shall apply: (i) the statement 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; (ii) a Minister or Minister of State shall be called upon to make a statement in reply which shall not exceed five minutes; and the order shall resume thereafter with Topical Issues and Oral Questions; and (6) the Dáil, on its rising today, shall adjourn until Tuesday, 18 September 2012 at 2 p.m.

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