It is proposed to take No. 16, Supplementary Estimates [Votes 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 34, 35 and 42]; No. 17, motion re. Standing Order 107; No. 5 — Scientific and Technological Education (Investment) Fund (Amendment) Bill, 1998, Order for Second Stage and Second Stage; No. 6, Comptroller and Auditor General and Committees of Houses of the Oireachtas (Special Provisions) Bill, 1998, Order for Second Stage and Second and Subsequent Stages.
It is also proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders that, (1) the Dáil shall sit later than 8.30 p.m. tonight and business shall be interrupted not later than 10.30 p.m. (2) No. 16, Supplementary Estimates [Votes 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 34, 35 and 42] shall be moved together and shall be decided without debate by one question which shall be put from the Chair and any division demand thereon shall be taken forthwith; (3) No. 17 shall be decided without debate; (4) the Second Stage of No. 5 shall be taken today and the proceedings thereon, if not previously concluded, shall be brought to a conclusion by 6.30 p.m. today and the following arrangements shall apply: (i) the opening speech of a Minister or Minister of State and of the main spokespersons for the Fine Gael Party and the Labour Party shall not exceed 20 minutes in each case; (ii) the speech of each other Member called upon shall not exceed ten minutes in each case; (iii) Members may share time; and (iv) a Minister or Minister of State shall be called upon to make a speech in reply which shall not exceed five minutes; (5) the Second and Remaining Stages of No. 6 shall be taken today and the following arrangements shall apply — (i) the proceedings on the Second Stage, if not previously concluded, shall be brought to a conclusion at 9.30 p.m. tonight and the contributions shall be as follows: (a) the opening speech of a Minister or Minister of State and of the main spokespersons for the Fine Gael Party and the Labour Party shall not exceed 15 minutes in each case; (b) the speech of each other Member called upon shall not exceed ten minutes in each case; (c) Members may share time; and (d) a Minister or Minister of State shall be called upon to make a speech in reply which shall not exceed five minutes; and, (ii) the proceedings on the Committee and Remaining Stages, if not previously concluded, shall be brought to a conclusion at 10.30 p.m. tonight by one question which shall be put from the Chair and which shall, in relation to amendments to the Bill, include only those set down or accepted by the Minister for Finance.