Dáil debates

Thursday, 11 July 2013

Order of Business

 

1:00 am

Photo of Brendan HowlinBrendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

It is proposed to take No. 14, motion re a tribunal of inquiry into the fatal shootings of Chief Superintendent Harry Breen and Superintendent Robert Buchanan; No. 15, Revised Estimates for Public Services 2013 - Votes 1 to 10, inclusive, and Votes 20 to 40, inclusive, back from committee; No. 4, Thirty-third Amendment of the Constitution (Court of Appeal) Bill 2013 - Order for Second Stage and Second Stage; and No. 19, Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013 - Report Stage (resumed).

It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that: (1) the Dáil shall sit later than 5.45 p.m. and adjourn at midnight; there shall be no Topical Issue debate or oral questions; and the sitting shall be suspended at the conclusion of No. 4 until 5 p.m.; (2) No. 14 shall be decided without debate; (3) the proceedings on No. 15 shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 65 minutes and the following arrangements shall apply: (i) Votes 1 to 10, inclusive, and Votes 20 to 40, inclusive, shall be moved together and decided by one question which shall be put from the Chair and any divisions demanded thereon shall be taken forthwith; (ii) the speech of a Minister or a Minister of State and the main spokespersons for Fianna Fáil, Sinn Féin and the Technical Group who shall be called upon in that order and who may share time shall not exceed 15 minutes in each case; and (iii) a Minister or a Minister of State shall be called upon to make a speech in reply which shall not exceed five minutes; (4) No. 4 shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after two hours; the opening speeches of a Minister or a Minister of State and the main spokespersons for Fianna Fáil, Sinn Féin and the Technical Group who shall be called upon in that order and who may share time shall not exceed 20 minutes in each case; the speech of each other Member called upon shall not exceed ten minutes and such Members may share time; and a Minister or a Minister of State shall be called upon to make a speech in reply which shall not exceed ten minutes; (5) the resumed Report Stage of No. 19 shall be taken at 5 p.m. and adjourn at midnight, if not previously concluded; and (6) the Dáil shall sit tomorrow at 10.30 a.m. and adjourn not later than 5 p.m.; any divisions demanded shall be taken immediately after the Order of Business on Tuesday, 16 July; there shall be no Order of Business within the meaning of Standing Order 26 and, accordingly, the business to be transacted shall be as follows: (i) No. 1, Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013 Seanad - Second Stage (resumed) which shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 1.30 p.m.; and (ii) No. 5, Electoral, Local Government and Planning and Development Bill 2013 - Order for Second Stage and Second Stage, to adjourn at 5 p.m., if not previously concluded.

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