Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour) | Oireachtas source

It is proposed to take No. 16a, motion re ministerial rota for parliamentary questions; No. 29, Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad] - Order for Report, Report and Final Stages; No. 3, Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad] - Second and Subsequent Stages; and No. 2 - Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012 [Seanad] - Second Stage (Resumed).

It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that No. 16a shall be decided without debate; Report and Final Stages of No. 29 shall be taken today and the proceedings thereon shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 1.30 p.m. by one question that shall be put from the Chair and that shall, in respect of amendments, include only those set down or accepted by the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government; Second and Subsequent Stages of No. 3 shall be taken today and the following arrangements shall apply: the proceedings on Second Stage shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 3.10 p.m.; the opening speeches of a Minister or Minister of State and of the main spokespersons for Fianna Fáil, Sinn Féin and the Technical Group, who shall be called upon in that order and who may share their time, shall not exceed 15 minutes in each case; the speech of each other Member called upon shall not exceed ten minutes, and such Members may share their time; a Minister or Minister of State shall be called upon to make a speech in reply that shall not exceed five minutes; the proceedings on Committee and Remaining Stages shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 3.42 p.m. by one question that shall be put from the Chair and that shall, in respect of amendments, include only those set down or accepted by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs.

Regarding the Autism Bill 2012, Second Stage of which shall be considered tomorrow, the following arrangements shall apply: the opening speech of Deputy Michael McCarthy and of the main spokespersons for Fianna Fáil, Sinn Féin, the Technical Group and of a Minister or Minister of State, who shall be called upon in that order and who may share their time, shall not exceed 15 minutes in each case; the speech of each other Member called upon shall not exceed 15 minutes and such Members may share their time; a Minister or Minister of State, who may speak twice, shall be called upon not later than 1 p.m. to make a speech that shall not exceed 15 minutes; and Deputy Michael McCarthy shall be called upon to make a speech in reply that shall not exceed 15 minutes.

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