It is proposed to take No. 6a, motion re ministerial rota for parliamentary questions; No. 6b, motion re appointment of Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and No. 9, statements regarding An Bord Glas Annual Report, 1996.
It is also proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that: (1) Nos. 6a and 6b shall be decided without debate and (2) the following arrangements shall apply in relation to No. 9: (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 and (iv) a Minister or Minister of State shall be called upon to make a statement in reply which shall not exceed 15 minutes.