I move:
That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, and unless the Dáil shall otherwise order, to mark Europe Day in a signal manner, the following arrangements shall apply in relation to the sitting of the Dáil on Wednesday, 10 May 2006:
(1) There shall be no Order of Business within the meaning of Standing Order 26;
(2) Oral questions within the meaning of Standing Order 35 shall not be taken,other than questions raised during the questions and answers sessions during the proceedings on that day;
(3) Matters may not be raised under the provisions of Standing Order 31;
(4) Subject to the discretion of the Chair, a member may intervene during the course of the contribution of another member to query or comment on points made by that member, other than during the course of the Second Stage debate on the European Communities (Amendment) Bill 2006;
(5) The sitting shall be suspended from 12.10 p.m. to 2.30 p.m., and a meeting of the Joint Committee on Agriculture and Food shall then be convened in the Dáil Chamber and EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Ms. Mariann Fischer Boel, shall be invited to attend and take part in the discussion on European agriculture policy at that meeting; provided that, in the unlikely event Commissioner Fischer Boel is unable to attend the joint committee meeting, the Chairperson of the joint committee may adjourn the meeting; provided further that the Ceann Comhairle may act as Chairperson for the purposes of that meeting;
(6) The following business shall be transacted in the following order on that day:
(i) Leaders' Questions, to conclude after 21 minutes pursuant to Standing Order 26A;
(ii) Introduction to Europe Day by the Chairperson of the Joint Committee on European Affairs — the statement of the Chairperson of the Joint Committee on European Affairs shall not exceed ten minutes;
(iii) Statements on the report of the Joint Committee on European Affairs on migration — the proceedings shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 12.10 p.m.; the statements shall be confined to the Vice Chairperson of the Joint Committee on European Affairs, Deputy Barry Andrews, and to a Minister or Minister of State and the main spokespersons for the Fine Gael Party, the Labour Party and the Technical group, who shall be called upon in that order and who may share their time, and which shall not exceed six minutes in each case; immediately following the statements, a Minister or Minister of State shall take questions for a period not exceeding 25 minutes; and in conclusion a Minister or Minister of State shall be called upon to make a statement in reply which shall not exceed five minutes;
(iv) The sitting shall be suspended from 12.10 p.m. until 2.30 p.m. to facilitate the convening of a meeting of the Joint Committee on Agriculture and Food in the Dáil Chamber to discuss European agriculture policy at which Commissioner Fischer Boel may attend and take part in the proceedings. It shall be an instruction to the joint committee that the proceedings on the debate on European agriculture policy shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 1.40 p.m.; the statements shall be confined to Commissioner Fischer Boel and the Minister for Agriculture and Food and shall not exceed 15 minutes in each case and shall be followed immediately thereafter by a questions and answers session which shall be not less than 60 minutes, at which the Commissioner may participate. Provided that subject to the discretion of the Chair, a member may intervene during the course of the contributions of the Commissioner and the Minister to query or comment on points made;
(v) European Communities (Amendment) Bill 2006 — Order for Second Stage and Second Stage; legislation to ratify the Treaty of Accession (Bulgaria and Romania) to adjourn at 4.30 p.m., if not previously concluded;
(vi) Statements on the third annual report of the European Union (Scrutiny) Act 2002 — the proceedings shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 5.30 p.m.; the statements shall be confined to the Chairperson of the Sub-Committee on European Scrutiny, Deputy Bernard Allen, and to Deputy Mae Sexton and to the main spokespersons for the Fine Gael Party, the Labour Party and the Technical group, who shall be called upon in that order and who may share their time, which shall not exceed six minutes in each case; immediately following the statements, a Minister or Minister of State shall take questions for a period not exceeding 25 minutes; and in conclusion a Minister or Minister of State shall be called upon to make a statement in reply which shall not exceed 5 minutes;
(vii) Statements on Europe and the developing world — the proceedings thereon shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 6.39 p.m.; the statements shall be confined to Minister of State, Deputy Conor Lenihan, and to the main spokespersons for the Fine Gael Party, the Labour Party and the Technical Group, who shall be called upon in that order and who may share their time, which shall not exceed six minutes in each case; immediately following the statements, a Minister or Minister of State shall take questions for a period not exceeding 40 minutes; and in conclusion a Minister or Minister of State shall be called upon to make a statement in reply which shall not exceed five minutes;
(viii) Closing statement by the Chairperson of the Joint Committee on European Affairs — the closing statement of the Chairperson of the Joint Committee on European Affairs shall not exceed five minutes;
(ix) Statement by Deputy Ruairí Quinn, rapporteur of the Joint Committee on European Affairs — the statement of Deputy Ruairí Quinn shall not exceed five minutes;
(x) Closing statement by the Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs with responsibility for European affairs, Deputy Noel Treacy — the statement of Minister of State, Deputy Noel Treacy, shall be brought to a conclusion at 7 p.m.;
(xi) Private Members' business shall be taken at 7 p.m. and shall be brought to a conclusion at 8.30 p.m. to be followed by matters raised on the Adjournment pursuant to Standing Order 21(3).