It is proposed to take No. 18, Merchant Shipping (Liability of Shipowners and Others) Bill, 1996 [Seanad] (from the Select Committee on Enterprise and Economic Strategy) — Order for Report and Report and Final Stages, No. 15, Motion re Defence (Amendment) Act, 1993 and No. 19, Statements on the situation in the Great Lakes Area of Africa (resumed).
It is also proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that the proceedings on No. 15, if not previously concluded, shall be brought to a conclusion at 12 noon today and the following arrangements shall apply: (1) the speech of a Minister or Minister of State, of the main spokespersons for the Fianna Fáil Party and the Progressive Democrats Party and of each other Member called upon shall not exceed 10 minutes in each case; (2) Members may share time; and (3) a Minister or Minister of State shall be called upon to make a speech in reply which shall not exceed five minutes. Private Members' Business shall be No. 45 — Motion No. 18 re. Remedial Teachers (resumed).