The Order of Business today shall be as follows: No. 17, motion re proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the despatch of a contingent of the Permanent Defence Force for service with the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL); No. 4, Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2003 – Order for Second Stage and Second Stage; No. 23, Aer Lingus Bill 2003 – Second Stage (Resumed); and No. 24, Education for Persons with Disabilities Bill 2003 – Second Stage (Resumed).
It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that the proceedings on No. 17 shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after two hours and five minutes and the following arrangements shall apply: (i) the speech of the Minister for Defence and of the main spokespersons for the Fine Gael Party, the Labour Party and the Technical Group, who shall be called upon in that order, shall not exceed 15 minutes in each case; (ii) the speech of each other Member, who shall be called upon in the following sequence, shall not exceed ten minutes in each case: the Government, Fine Gael, the Government, the Labour Party, the Government, the Technical Group and the sequence to recommence; (iii) Members may share time; (iv) the Minister for Defence shall be called upon to make a speech in reply which shall not exceed five minutes. Private Members' Business shall be No. 35, Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution (No. 2) Bill 2003 – Second Stage (Resumed), to conclude at 8.30 p.m. tonight.