It is proposed to take No. 22, motion re Fourth Protocol to the Treaty of Amsterdam (Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Iceland and the Kingdom of Norway); No. 5, Social Welfare Bill, 2001 – Second Stage (resumed); No. 49, Trustee Savings Banks (Amendment) Bill, 2000 – Order for Report and Report and Final Stages; No. 49a, statements on European Commission's beef proposals, to be taken not later than immediately following the announcement of matters on the Adjournment under Standing Order 21 and the order shall not resume thereafter.
It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that No. 22 shall be decided without debate and that the proceedings on Second Stage of No. 5 shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 2.30 p.m. and that any division demanded thereon shall be postponed until immediately before the Order of Business on Tuesday, 27 February 2001. It is further proposed that the proceedings on No. 49a, if not previously concluded, shall be brought to a conclusion at 4.45 p.m. and that the following arrangements shall apply: the opening statements of a Minister or Minister of State and of the main spokespersons for Fine Gael and the Labour Party shall not exceed ten minutes in each case, the statement of each other Member called upon shall not exceed five minutes, and Members may share time.