Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour) | Oireachtas source

It is proposed to take No. c7, motion re referral to select committee of proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the terms of the Arms Trade Treaty; No. d7, motion re Standing Orders 19, 20, 21, 23, 27, 27A, 28, 33, 35, 36, 38, 41, 56, 57, 82A, 83, 88, 117, 117A, 121, 123A, 124, 125 and 141A. It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that No. c7 shall be decided without debate; the proceedings on No. d7, including any amendment thereto, shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 50 minutes by one question and the following arrangements shall apply: the speech of the Tánaiste, a Minister or a Minister of State and the leaders of Fianna Fáil, Sinn Féin and the Technical Group, or a person nominated in their stead, who shall be called upon in that order and may share time, shall not exceed five minutes in each case; the speech of Deputy Emmet Stagg and Deputy Joe Carey and the main spokespersons for Fianna Fáil, Sinn Féin and the Technical Group, or a person nominated in their stead, who shall be called upon in that order and may share time, shall not exceed five minutes in each case; Private Members' business which shall be No. 110, motion re bilateral cochlear implants, shall be taken at the conclusion of No. d7 and shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after three hours and the order shall resume thereafter with Topical Issues and Oral Questions; subject to the agreement of No. d7, motion to amend Standing Orders, the next fortnightly Friday, for the purposes of Standing Orders 88(2) and 117A, shall be Friday, 8 November, the time and date by which notice of a committee report or Bill in connection with that sitting shall be received by the Clerk shall be 11 a.m. on Friday, 25 October, and related Standing Orders shall apply accordingly.

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