I move:
That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, it be an instruction to the Joint Committee on Agriculture and Food that at its meeting for the purpose of a debate on European agriculture policy, to be convened in the Dáil Chamber on Wednesday, 10 May 2006, at 12.10 p.m. until 1.40 p.m., that the following arrangements shall apply:
(i) that EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Ms Mariann Fischer Boel, be invited to attend and take part in the discussion on European agriculture policy at that meeting; and
(ii) that the proceedings on the debate on European agriculture policy shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 1.40 p.m.; the statements shall be confined to Commissioner Fischer Boel and the Minister for Agriculture and Food and shall not exceed 15 minutes in each case and shall be followed immediately thereafter by a question and answers session which shall be not less than 60 minutes, at which the Commissioner may participate; Provided that subject to the discretion of the Chair, a Member may intervene during the course of the contributions of the Commissioner and the Minister to query or comment on points made; Provided further that, in the unlikely event Commissioner Fischer Boel is unable to attend the joint committee meeting, the Chairperson of the joint committee may adjourn the meeting; Provided further that the Ceann Comhairle may act as Chairperson for the purposes of that meeting."