It also proposed to take No. 1, Adoption (No. 2) Bill, 1996 — amendment from the Seanad; No. 19, Statements on the Asia Europe Summit; No. 18, Education (No. 2) Bill, 1997 — Second Stage (resumed).
It is further proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that No. 1 shall be decided without debate; No. 19, if not previously concluded, shall be brought to a conclusion after 75 minutes and the contributions shall be as follows: (i) the statement of the Taoiseach and of the main spokespersons for the Fine Gael Party and the Labour Party shall not exceed 15 minutes in each case; (ii) the statement of the main spokespersons for the Democratic Left Party and the Green Party shall not exceed ten minutes in each case; and (iii) the Minister for Foreign Affairs shall be called upon to make a statement in reply which shall not exceed ten minutes; and any division demanded today upon the conclusion of the Second Stage of No. 18 shall be postponed until immediately after the Order of Business on Tuesday, 28 April 1998.