Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour) | Oireachtas source

It is proposed to take No. a4, Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013 - Order for Second Stage and Second Stage, to adjourn after opening speeches; No. 19, Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013 - Second and Remaining Stages (Resumed), to adjourn at 5.45 p.m. tonight, if not previously concluded; No. 12a, motion re Statement for Information of Voters in relation to the Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013, to be taken on the conclusion of No. 19; and No. 20, Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012 - Second Stage (Resumed).

It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that: the Dáil shall sit later than 5.45 p.m. tonight and shall adjourn on the conclusion of Topical Issues; in the event No. 19 concludes, No. 12a shall be taken immediately upon the conclusion and shall be decided without debate; the resumed Second Stage of No. 20 shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after one hour; Oral Questions shall be taken for 75 minutes at 5.45 p.m. today or on the conclusion of No. 20, whichever is the earlier; Topical Issues shall be taken on the conclusion of Oral Questions or of No. 20, whichever is the later; the Dáil shall meet on Tuesday, 25 June 2013 at 11 a.m. and the business to be transacted from 11 a.m. until 1.45 p.m. shall be as follows: European Union (Accession of the Republic of Croatia) (Access to the Labour Market) Bill 2013 [Seanad] - Second and Remaining Stages; Second Stage shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 1 p.m.; 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, shall not exceed 20 minutes in each case and such Members may share their time; the speech of each other Member called upon, who may share his or her time, shall not exceed ten minutes; a Minister or Minister of State shall be called upon to make a speech in reply which shall not exceed five minutes, Committee and Remaining Stages shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 1.45 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 Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation; whereupon the sitting shall be suspended until 2 p.m., whereupon the normal order of the day shall commence with Oral Questions.

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