It is proposed to take No. 6, motion re Joint Committee on Broadcasting and Parliamentary Information; No. 7, motion re Standing Order 92; No. 8, motion re Orders of Reference of Committees and No. 9, Financial Motion by the Minister for Finance.
It is also proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that (1) the Dáil shall sit later than 8.30 p.m. and business shall be interrupted not later than 9.30 p.m.; (2) Nos. 6, 7 and 8 shall be decided without debate and (3) No. 9 shall not be considered in committee until after the conclusion of Private Members' business tonight and the following arrangements shall apply: (i) the proceedings thereon, if not previously concluded, shall be brought to a conclusion at 9.30 p.m. tonight; (ii) Members shall be called upon in the following sequence and the speeches in each case shall not exceed the times indicated: Minister for Finance and the main spokespersons for the Fine Gael Party and the Labour Party 20 minutes, main spokesperson for Democratic Left 15 minutes, and main spokesperson for the Green Party ten minutes; (iii) the speech of each other Member called upon shall not exceed ten minutes in each case; (iv) Members may share time, and (v) the Minister for Finance shall be called upon not later than 6.50 p.m. tonight to make a speech in reply which shall not exceed ten minutes; provided that if the proceedings on No. 9 conclude earlier than the time stated, any division demanded thereon shall be postponed until 9.30 p.m. tonight.
Private Members' business shall be No. 31, National Sports Council of Ireland Bill, 1998, Second Stage.