The Order of Business today shall be as follows: No. a4, Committees of the Houses of the Oireachtas (Compellability, Privileges and Immunities of Witnesses) (Amendment) Bill 2004 — Order for Second Stage and Second and Subsequent Stages; No. 19, International Development Association (Amendment) Bill 2003 — Second Stage (Resumed); Child Trafficking and Pornography (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad] — Second and Subsequent Stages, to be circulated on a Supplementary Order Paper, to be taken at 1.30 p.m., and the order shall resume thereafter.
It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that the following arrangements shall apply in relation to No. a4. The proceedings on Second Stage shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 90 minutes. The opening speech of a Minister or Minister of State and of the main spokespersons for the Fine Gael Party, the Labour Party and the Technical Group, who shall be called upon in that order, shall not exceed 15 minutes in each case. The speech of each other Member called upon shall not exceed ten minutes in each case. Members may share time, and a Minister or Minister of State shall be called upon to make a speech in reply which shall not exceed five minutes.
The proceedings on Committee and Remaining Stages shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 30 minutes or at 1.30 p.m., whichever is the earlier, 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 Finance. In the event of the Child Trafficking and Pornography (Amendment) Bill 2004 being passed by the Seanad and transmitted to the Dáil for agreement, it shall be taken at 1.30 p.m., and the following arrangements shall apply. The proceedings on Second Stage shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 90 minutes. The opening speech of a Minister or Minister of State and of the main spokespersons for the Fine Gael Party, the Labour Party and the Technical Group, who shall be called upon in that order, shall not exceed 15 minutes in each case. The speech of each other Member called upon shall not exceed ten minutes in each case. Members may share time, and a Minister or Minister of State shall be called upon to make a speech in reply which shall not exceed five minutes.
The proceedings on Committee and Remaining Stages shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 30 minutes or at 3.30 p.m., whichever is the earlier, 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 Justice, Equality and Law Reform.