Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move:

Tuesday's business shall be:

Second Stage of the Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024 (to commence no earlier than 4.00 p.m. and if not previously concluded, to adjourn after 1 hr 41 mins).

Tuesday's private members' business shall be the Motion re Petrol and Diesel Excise Rate Increases, selected by Sinn Féin.

Wednesday's business shall be:

- Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024 (Second Stage, resumed, if not previously concluded) (if not previously concluded, to adjourn either at 5.30 p.m. or after 2 hrs 41 mins, whichever is the later)

- Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2023 (Report and Final Stages) (to commence no earlier than 4.30 p.m and if not previously concluded, to adjourn after 2 hrs)

- Gambling Regulation Bill 2022 (Report Stage, Amendment 33, resumed, and Final Stage) (if not previously concluded, to adjourn either at 9.30 p.m. or after 2 hrs, whichever is the later)

Wednesday's private members' business shall be the Motion re European Union Migration and Asylum Pact, selected by the Rural Independent Group.

Thursday's business shall be Second Stage of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024 (if not previously concluded, to adjourn either at 5.24 p.m. or after 3 hrs 40 mins whichever is the later).

Thursday evening business shall be the Motion re Report entitled "Report on Offshore Renewable Energy", sponsored by the Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment.

Proposed Arrangements for this week’s business:

In relation to Tuesday’s business, it is proposed that:

1. the ordinary routine of business as contained in Schedule 3 to Standing Orders shall be modified to the extent that private members’ business may be taken earlier than 6.12 p.m. and shall in any event be taken on the adjournment of the proceedings on Second Stage of the Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024, or where those proceedings conclude within the available time, on the conclusion thereof, with consequential effect on the commencement times for the items following in the ordinary routine of business, namely, oral Parliamentary Questions to the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, and topical issues, and on the time for the adjournment of the Dáil; and

2. the proceedings on Second Stage of the Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024 shall commence no earlier than 4.00 p.m. and shall, if not previously concluded, be interrupted and stand adjourned after 1 hour and 41 minutes, and shall not be resumed on Tuesday.

In relation to Wednesday's business, it is proposed that:

1. the ordinary routine of business as contained in Schedule 3 to Standing Orders shall be modified to the extent that the Dáil may sit later than 9.30 p.m., and shall adjourn either on the conclusion of the weekly division time, or where there are no postponed divisions, on the adjournment or conclusion of the proceedings on the Gambling Regulation Bill 2022, as appropriate: Provided that where there are postponed divisions, the weekly division time shall be taken on the adjournment or conclusion of the proceedings on the Gambling Regulation Bill 2022;

2. any resumed proceedings on Second Stage of the Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024 shall, if not previously concluded, be interrupted and stand adjourned either at 5.30 p.m. or after 2 hours and 41 minutes, whichever is the later, and the Bill shall not be resumed on Wednesday;

3. the proceedings on Report and Final Stages of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2023 shall commence no earlier than 4.30 p.m. and shall, if not previously concluded, be interrupted and stand adjourned after 2 hours, and shall not be resumed on Wednesday; and

4. the proceedings on the resumed Report Stage and on the Final Stage of the Gambling Regulation Bill 2022 shall, if not previously concluded, be interrupted and stand adjourned either at 9.30 p.m. or after 2 hours, whichever is the later, and the Bill shall not be resumed on Wednesday.

In relation to Thursday's business, it is proposed that:

1. (i) the ordinary routine of business as contained in Schedule 3 to Standing Orders shall be modified to the extent that topical issues may be taken earlier than 7.24 p.m. and shall in any event be taken either at 5.24 p.m., or on the conclusion of Second Stage of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024, whichever is the earlier, with consequential effect on the commencement time for the Motion re Report entitled “Report on Offshore Renewable Energy”, and on the time for the adjournment of the Dáil; and

(ii) the Dáil on its rising shall adjourn until 2 p.m. on Wednesday, 8th May, 2024; and

2. the proceedings on Second Stage of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024 shall, if not previously concluded, be interrupted and stand adjourned either at 5.24 p.m. or after 3 hours and 40 minutes, whichever is the later, and the Bill shall not be resumed on Thursday.

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