The Order of Business today shall be as follows: No. 1, Statute of Limitations (Amendment) Bill, 1999 – Amendments from the Seanad; No. a15, Financial Motion by the Minister for Finance to be taken at 12.30 p.m. and to conclude after 60 minutes and the order shall resume thereafter; No. 35, the Planning and Development Bill, 1999 [Seanad] – Report and Final Stages (resumed); and No. 2, the Aviation Regulation Bill, 2000 [Seanad] – Second Stage.
It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that: (1) the proceedings on No. 1, if not previously concluded, shall be brought to a conclusion after 30 minutes and any amendments from the Seanad not disposed of shall be decided by one question which shall be put from the Chair; and (2) No. a15 shall be taken at 12.30 p.m. today and the proceedings thereon, if not previously concluded, shall be brought to a conclusion after 60 minutes and the following arrangements shall apply: (i) the opening speech of the Minister for Finance and of 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; (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.