It is proposed to take No. a6, Immigration Bill, 1999 – Instruction to Committee; No. b6, Technical motion re Further Revised Estimates; No. c6, motion re Leave to Introduce Supplementary Estimates [Votes 26, 38 and 39]; No. d6, motion re Referral of Supplementary Estimates [Votes 26, 38 and 39] to Select Committees; No. 8, motion re Council of Europe Agreement establishing the Group of States Against Corruption (GRECO); No. 1, Road Transport Bill, 1998 – Amendments from the Seanad; No. 35, Sea Pollution (Amendment) Bill, 1998 – Order for Report Stage and Report and Final Stages; No. 36, Local Government (Planning and Development) Bill, 1998 [Seanad] – Order for Report and Final Stages, and No. 2, Regional Technical Colleges (Amendment) Bill, 1999 – Second Stage (resumed).
It is also proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that (1) Nos. a6, b6 and c6, and subject to the agreement of No. c6, No. d6, shall be decided without debate and any division demanded on Nos. b6, c6 and d6 shall be taken forthwith; (2) the proceedings on No. 8, if not previously concluded, shall be brought to a conclusion after 60 minutes and the following arrangements shall apply: (i) the opening speech of a Minister or Minister of State and the main spokespersons for the Fine Gael Party and the Labour Party shall not exceed ten minutes in each case; (ii) the speech of each other Member called upon shall not exceed five minutes in each case; (iii) Members may share time and (iv) a Minister or Minister of State shall be called upon to make a speech in reply which shall not exceed five minutes.
Private Members' business shall be No. 54, Whistleblowers Protection Bill, 1999, Second Stage (resumed), to conclude at 8.30 p.m. tonight.