It is proposed to take No. b6, motion re. Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Question; No. c6, motion re. Standing Order 61; No. d6, motion re. Standing Order 149; No. 32, Statements on European Summit; No. 33, Statements on Housing, Planning and Transportation and No. 33a, Statements on the early release of a person, to be taken at 4 p.m.
It is also proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that: (1) Nos. b6, c6 and d6 shall be decided without debate; (2) the proceedings on No. 32, if not previously concluded, shall be brought to a conclusion after 70 minutes and the statements shall be confined to the following Members who shall be called upon in the following sequence and the following arrangements shall apply: (i) the opening speech of the Minister for Finance and of the main spokespersons for the Fine Gael Party and the Labour Party, shall not exceed 20 minutes in each case; and (ii) a Minister or Minister of State shall be called upon to make a statement in reply which shall not exceed ten minutes; (3) the following arrangements shall apply in relation to No. 33: (i) the opening statement of a Minister or Minister of State and of the main spokespersons for the Fine Gael Party and the Labour Party shall not exceed 30 minutes in each case; (ii) the statement of each other Member called upon shall not exceed 20 minutes in each case; (iii) Members may share time; (iv) a Minister or Minister of State shall be called upon to make a statement in reply which shall not exceed 15 minutes; and (4) the following arrangements shall apply in relation to No. 33a: (i) statements shall be confined to the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform and the main spokespersons for the Fine Gael Party and the Labour Party whose statements shall not exceed five minutes in each case; (ii) following statements, the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform shall take questions for a period not exceeding 25 minutes; (iii) following questions the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform shall be called upon to make a statement in reply which shall not exceed five minutes; and (iv) the proceedings, if not previously concluded, shall be brought to a conclusion after 45 minutes.