Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour) | Oireachtas source

It is proposed to take No. 9a, motion re membership of committees; No. 9b, motion re sittings and business of the Dáil; No. 17, statements on the Second Report of the Constitutional Convention; and No. 2, Forestry Bill 2013 - Second Stage (resumed).

It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that: (1) Nos. 9a and 9b shall be decided without debate; (2) the proceedings on No. 17 shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after two hours and the following arrangements shall apply: (i) the opening 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, shall not exceed ten minutes in each case and such members may share their time; (ii) the statement 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 statement in reply which shall not exceed five minutes; (3) in relation to the Child Sex Offenders (Information and Monitoring) Bill 2012, the Second Stage of which shall be considered tomorrow, the following arrangements shall apply: (i) the opening speech of Deputy Denis Naughten, of the main spokespersons for Fianna Fáil, Sinn Féin, the Technical Group and of a Minister or Minister of State, 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 15 minutes and such members may share their time; (iii) a Minister or Minister of State, who may speak twice, shall be called upon not later than 1 p.m. to make a speech which shall not exceed 15 minutes; and (iv) Deputy Denis Naughten shall be called upon to make a speech in reply which shall not exceed 15 minutes; and (4) in relation to the sitting of the Dáil on Tuesday, 15 October 2013, the following arrangements shall apply: (i) the Dáil shall sit at 2.30 p.m., shall sit later than 9 p.m. and the motion for the General Financial Resolution shall be moved not later than 12 midnight, whereupon the Dáil shall adjourn forthwith; (ii) the Budget Statements and the Financial Motions by the Minister for Finance [2013] shall be taken at 2.30 p.m., and the following arrangements shall apply: (a) the opening statements of the Minister for Finance and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform shall not exceed 45 minutes in each case; (b) the statements of the main spokespersons for finance and public expenditure and reform for Fianna Fáil, Sinn Féin and the Technical Group, who shall be called upon in that order, shall not exceed an aggregate of 60 minutes in each case and such members may share their time; and (c) following the statements, the sitting shall be suspended for 30 minutes.

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