I move:
That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders—
(1) the Dáil shall sit later than 5.30 p.m. on Thursday next and the hour at which business is to be interrupted shall be 7 p.m.;
(2) the Dáil shall meet on Friday next at 10.30 a.m. and business shall be confined to the motion in the name of the Minister for Finance regarding the 1988 Estimates for the Public Services (Abridged Version) and the 1988 Summary Public Capital Programme;
(3) the proceedings on the Fourth and Fifth Stages of the Local Loans Fund (Amendment) Bill, 1987, if not previously concluded, shall be brought to a conclusion at 4.30 p.m. on Wednesday next by one question, which shall be put from the Chair, and which shall, in relation to amendments, include only amendments set down by the Minister for Finance; and
(4) in the case of the motion in the name of the Minister for Finance regarding the 1988 Estimates for the Public Services (Abridged Version) and the 1988 Summary Public Capital Programme, the following shall apply:—
(a) the speech of the Taoiseach and the speech of the main spokesperson for each of the groups (as defined in Standing Order 89 (1)) in Opposition shall not exceed 45 minutes in each case;
(b) the Minister for Finance shall be called on not later than 3 p.m. on Friday next to conclude the debate;
(c) the speech of each other member called on in the course of the debate shall not exceed 30 minutes; and
(d) the proceedings thereon shall be brought to a conclusion at 3.45 p.m. on Friday next by putting from the Chair forthwith and successively the question or questions necessary to bring them to a conclusion.