The Order of Business today shall be as follows: No. 22a, motion re. Membership of Joint Committees; No. 48, statements on the European Council, Stockholm; No. 1, Fisheries (Amendment) Bill, 2000 [Seanad] – Second Stage.
It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that (1) No. 22a shall be decided without debate; (2) the proceedings on No. 48, if not previously concluded, shall be brought to a conclusion after 70 minutes and statements shall be confined to the following members, who shall be called upon in the following sequence, and the following arrangements shall apply: (i) the statements of the Taoiseach and of the main spokespersons for the Fine Gael Party and the Labour Party shall not exceed 20 minutes in each case; and (ii) a Minister or Minister of State shall be called upon to make a statement in reply which shall not exceed ten minutes.