Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

It is proposed to take No. 22, Europol Bill 2012 - Order for Report, Report and Final Stages; No. 21, Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012 - Second Stage (resumed); and No. 15 - motion re A Framework for Junior Cycle, to be taken not later than 1.30 p.m. today and the order shall not resume thereafter.

It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that the proceedings for No. 15 shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 3.42 p.m. today and the following arrangements shall apply: (i) 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; (ii) the speech of each other Member called upon shall not exceed ten minutes, and such Members may share their time; and (iii) a Minister or Minister of State shall be called upon to make a speech in reply which shall not exceed five minutes; and that for the purposes of Standing Order 117A: (i) there shall be no first Friday sitting in December 2012; (ii) the first Friday of the month for January 2013 shall be Friday, 18 January, and on that day, to permit consideration of two Bills, there shall be two periods not exceeding three hours each and six hours in the aggregate and the Dáil shall adjourn no later than 4.30 p.m.; and (iii) the time and date by which notice of a Bill in connection with that sitting shall be received by the clerk shall be 11 a.m. on Thursday, 20 December 2012, and related Standing Orders shall apply accordingly.

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