Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Ceann Comhairle. It is proposed that the following arrangements shall apply to the business to be taken today:

- The proceedings on the nominations for Taoiseach shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 1 hour and 20 minutes and the following arrangements shall apply thereto:

- the allocation of time shall be as follows: - speeches of a proposer and seconder ‒ 5 minutes each; and

- speeches by representatives of parties and the prospective technical groups who have not made a nomination ‒ 10 minutes per party or group; and

- members may share time; - on the determination of any nominations for Taoiseach, the Dáil shall, unless it otherwise orders, stand suspended until either 5.30 p.m. or four hours after the conclusion of the proceedings on the nominations, whichever is the later;

- the proceedings on the approval of the nomination by the Taoiseach of other members of the Government shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 1 hour and 30 minutes and the following arrangements shall apply thereto: - the order of speaking and allocation of time shall be as follows:

- speeches by Taoiseach and Tánaiste ‒ 15 minutes each;

- speeches by representatives of Sinn Féin, the Labour Party, the Social Democrats and the prospective technical groups ‒ 10 minutes per party or group; and

- members may share time-----

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