Dáil debates
Wednesday, 1 March 2017
Business of Dáil
1:35 pm
Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that the following arrangements shall apply in relation to the sitting today. The suspension of the sitting after the Topical Issue debate under Standing Order 25(1) shall be for 30 minutes only. A further suspension of the sitting will take place after Private Members’ business for ten minutes, following which statements on Traveller ethnicity will be taken, to be brought to a conclusion, if not previously concluded, after 95 minutes and the following arrangements shall apply: the speeches of a Minister or Minister of State and the main spokespersons for parties and groups shall not exceed ten minutes. Following these speeches, the Chairman of the Joint Committee on Justice and Equality may make a speech which will not exceed ten minutes, and all Members may share time. A Minister or Minister of State shall be called upon to make a speech in reply which will not exceed five minutes.
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