Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour) | Oireachtas source

It is proposed to take No. 16, Supplementary Estimate for Public Services, Votes 25 and 39 (back from committee); No. 5, Social Welfare Bill 2012 - Committee and Remaining Stages (resumed); No. a1, Credit Union Bill 2012 - Amendments from the Seanad; and No. 6, Equal Status (Amendment) Bill 2012 - Order for Second Stage and Second and Subsequent Stages.

It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that the Dáil shall sit later than 5.45 p.m. and shall adjourn on the conclusion of Oral Questions; No. 16 shall be decided without debate, Votes 25 and 39 shall be moved together and shall be decided by one question which shall be put from the Chair, and any division demanded thereon shall be taken forthwith; Committee and Remaining Stages of No. 5 shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 2 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 Social Protection, and the sitting thereupon shall be suspended until 3 p.m.; the proceedings on No. a1 shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 6.30 p.m. and any amendments from the Seanad not disposed of shall be decided by one question which shall be put from the Chair, and which shall, in relation to amendments to the Seanad amendments, include only those set down or accepted by the Minister for Finance; Second and Subsequent Stages of No. 6 shall be taken today and the following arrangements shall apply: the proceedings on the Second Stage shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 60 minutes; 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 10 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 Committee and Remaining Stages shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 30 minutes 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 Justice and Equality; and the Dáil shall sit tomorrow at 10.30 a.m. and shall adjourn not later than 6 p.m., and at 10.30 a.m. on that day there shall be an Order of Business within the meaning of Standing Order 26, subject to the proceedings comprehended by paragraph 2 and 3 of that Standing Order, not exceeding 20 minutes.

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