It is proposed to take Nos. 11, 5, 6, 7, 2, 3, 1 and the Second Stage of the Stock Exchange Bill, 1994, subject to the agreement of No. 5. It is also proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that: 1. Nos. 5 and 6 shall be decided without debate. 2. The proceedings on No. 7 shall be brought to a conclusion within one hour and the following arrangements shall apply: (i) the opening speech of the Minister of State and of the main spokesperson for the Fine Gael Party, the Progressive Democrat Party and the Technical Group shall not exceed five minutes in each case; (ii) the speech of each other Member called upon shall not exceed five minutes in each case; and (iii) the Minister of State shall be called upon not less than five minutes before the debate is due to conclude to make a speech in reply. 3. Nos. 2 and 3 shall be taken today and the Second Stages shall-be taken together for the purposes of debate. Private Members' Business shall be No. 23, Motion 10.
Order of Business.
Is the proposal for dealing with Nos. 5 and 6 satisfactory? Agreed. Are the arrangements for dealing with No. 7 agreed?
No, Sir. I have already furnished you with a proposed amendment to the Order of Business.
I thought I had assent from that side of the House.
Subject to this amendment, there is assent. I propose to add a fourth condition to the debate on item No. 7 as follows:
(iv) where a Member in possession accepts, in accordance with precedent and with the consent of the Chair, an orderly intervention by another Member querying or commenting on his or her speech the time taken by such an intervention and the reply thereto shall be added to the time allocated for the debate and for the speech of the Member in possession.
Injury time.
The debates of this House are attracting adverse comment because of the reading of speeches by Members where there is no possibility of these speeches being questioned. The House has essentially become a receptacle for the output of various Ministers' word processors. It is important that an opportunity be given for a Minister or another Member to be queried on a point during the debate, as occurs in other Parliaments.
I have had an amendment from Deputy Bruton and I am accepting it as I consider it to be relevant to the arrangements proposed by the Taoiseach in respect of the debate on item No. 7. However, it appears to involve a wider issue which may be appropriate for consideration by the Committee on Procedure and Privileges. I am putting the amendment.
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