The Order of Business today shall be, No. 10a. motion re referral to Joint Committee of proposed approval by Dáil Éireann for a Council Framework Decision on the application of the principal of mutual recognition to confiscation orders; No. 20, Equality Bill 2004 [Seanad] — Second Stage (resumed); No. 4, International Criminal Court Bill 2003 — Second Stage (resumed) and No. 20a, statements on the current situation in Iraq, to be taken not later than 1 p.m. and the order shall not resume thereafter.
It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders that No. 10a. shall be decided without debate; the proceedings on No. 20a shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 3.30 p.m. and the following arrangements shall apply: the statement by a Minister or Minister of State 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 20 minutes in each case; the statements of each other Member called upon shall not exceed ten minutes in each case and Members may share time.