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

I move:

Tuesday's business shall be: - Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023 ‒ Motion for a Financial Resolution (without debate)

- Motion re Twenty-Ninth Report of the Committee of Selection (without debate)

- Motion re Extension of the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2021 (to conclude within 57 mins) Tuesday's private members' business shall be the Motion re Housing, selected by Sinn Féin.

Wednesday's business shall be: - Statements and Q&A post European Council meeting of 26th-27th October, pursuant to Standing Order 124 (statements for 102 mins, followed by 20 mins Q&A, followed by Ministerial response for 5 mins)

- Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Agency Bill 2023 (Report and Final Stages) (to commence no earlier than 4.30 p.m. and if not previously concluded, to adjourn after 45 mins)

- Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022 (Report and Final Stages) (if not previously concluded, to adjourn after 2 hours and 30 mins)

- Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023 (Report and Final Stages) (if not previously concluded, to adjourn after 60 mins) Wednesday's private members' business shall be the Motion re Home Care Workers and the Home Support Service, selected by the Labour Party.

Thursday's business shall be Statements on the Energy Charter Treaty (not to exceed 147 mins). Thursday evening business shall be the Second Stage of the Defective Dwellings Bill 2021.

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 conclusion of Government business, with consequential effect on

(i) 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

(ii) the time for the adjournment of the Dáil;

2. the Motion for a Financial Resolution for the Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023 shall be taken without debate;

3. the Motion re Twenty-Ninth Report of the Committee of Selection shall be taken without debate; and

4. the proceedings on the Motion re Extension of the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2021 shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 57 minutes, and the following arrangements shall apply:

(i) the order of speaking and allocation of time shall be as follows:

- opening speech by a Minister or Minister of State - 10 minutes;

- speech by representative of Sinn Féin - 10 minutes;

- speeches by representatives of the Labour Party, Social Democrats, People-Before-Profit-Solidarity, the Regional Group, the Rural Independent Group and the Independent Group - 5 minutes per party or group;

- speeches by non-aligned members – 2 minutes; and

- a speech in response by the Minister – 5 minutes; and

(ii) members may share time.

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 following extent:

(i) in the event the SOS pursuant to Standing Order 25(1) commences before 3.30 p.m., it shall continue until 4.30 p.m. and the proceedings on Report and Final Stages of the Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Agency Bill 2023 shall commence no earlier than 4.30 p.m.; and

(ii) the weekly division time may be taken later than 8.45 p.m., and shall in any event be taken on the adjournment of the proceedings on the Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023, or where that Bill concludes within one hour, on the conclusion thereof, with consequential effect on the time for the adjournment of the Dáil;

2. the Statements and Q&A post European Council meeting of 26th-27th October, pursuant to Standing Order 124, shall be taken on the conclusion of Questions to the Taoiseach pursuant to Standing Order 46(1) and shall not exceed 127 minutes, and the following arrangements shall apply thereto:

(i) the statements shall not exceed 102 minutes, with speaking arrangements in accordance with those agreed by the Order of the Dáil of 30th July, 2020, and the Resolution of the Dáil of 20th September 2023;

(ii) following the statements, questions and answers shall be taken for 20 minutes;

(iii) on the conclusion of the questions and answers, a Minister or Minister of State shall be called upon to make a statement in reply which shall not exceed five minutes; and

(iv) members may share time;

3. the proceedings on Report and Final Stages of the Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Agency Bill 2023 shall, if not previously concluded, stand adjourned after 45 minutes;

4. the proceedings on Report and Final Stages of the Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022 shall, if not previously concluded, stand adjourned after two hours and 30 mins; and

5. the proceedings on Report and Final Stages of the Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023 shall, if not previously concluded, stand adjourned after 1 hour. In relation to Thursday'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 topical issues shall be taken on the conclusion of Government business and Second Stage of the Defective Dwellings Bill 2021 shall be taken on the conclusion of topical issues, with consequential effect on the time for the adjournment of the Dáil; and

2. the following arrangements shall apply in relation to the Statements on the Energy Charter Treaty:

(i) the statements shall not exceed 137 minutes, and the arrangements for that time shall be in accordance with the Order of the Dáil of 30th July, 2020, and the Resolution of the Dáil of 20th September, 2023; and

(ii) following the statements, a Minister or Minister of State shall be called upon to make a statement in reply which shall not exceed 10 minutes.

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