Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It is proposed to take No. 12, motion re Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998; No. 18, motion re Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009; and No. 19 - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013 - Second Stage (resumed).

It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that: (1) the Dáil shall sit later than 9 p.m. and shall adjourn not later than 10 p.m.; and (2) No. 12 and No. 18 shall be moved and debated together and shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 45 minutes and the following arrangements shall apply: (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. Private Members’ business shall be No. 113 - motion re trade union movement and workers’ rights (resumed) to conclude at 9 p.m., if not previously concluded.

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