It is proposed to take Item No. 7. As the House is aware, the Dáil will resume after the Christmas Recess on Tuesday, 26 January 1982 at 2.30 p.m.
In regard to the Adjournment Debate today the time allocations which were specified in the resolution passed by the Dáil last Tuesday are as follows: speech by the member of the Government opening the debate and the speech of the first Fianna Fáil speaker shall not exceed 45 minutes each; the speech of each other Member called on, other than the final two speakers, shall not exceed 30 minutes. The final speaker for Fianna Fáil shall be called not later than 2.30 p.m. and the Member of the Government shall be called on not later than 3 p.m. to conclude the debate not later than 4 p.m. Under these arrangements I understand the Government will have three half-hour slots and the Opposition two. The Whips have agreed therefore that the slot between 2 p.m. to 2.30 p.m. should be divided into two periods of 15 minutes each to be allocated to Government and Opposition speakers.