It is proposed to take Nos. 1 and 9 (Votes 33, 36 and 37). It is also proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that No. 1 shall be decided without debate and that the following arrangements shall apply in the case of the Estimates to be taken today: (1) The question necessary to bring the proceedings on Vote 33 to a conclusion shall be put from the Chair not later than 1.30 p.m.; (2) Votes 36 and 37 shall be debated together and decided by one question which shall be put from the Chair not later than 5.00 p.m.; (3) The speech of the Minister and of the main spokesperson for the Fine Gael Party and the Labour Party shall not exceed 20 minutes in each case, and the speech of each other Member called on shall not exceed ten minutes; (4) A Minister of State may be called on a second time to make a speech in reply; and (5) A Minister or Minister of State shall be called upon not later than 1.20 p.m. and 4.50 p.m. respectively to reply to each debate and any Member may intervene on a point of clarification in the course of such reply.
It is further proposed that the Dáil shall meet tomorrow at 10.30 a.m. and shall adjourn not later than 4 p.m. and that the sitting shall be suspended tomorrow from 12.30 p.m. to 1.30 p.m.