Dáil debates
Thursday, 10 March 2016
Sub-Committee on Dáil Reform: Motion
4:05 am
Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
I move:
"That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders–
(a) the sub-Committee on Dáil Reform shall be chaired by the Ceann Comhairle and include not more than 14 other members of the House, of which three members would be appointed by Fine Gael, three members by Fianna Fáil, two members by Sinn Féin, one member by the Labour Party and five members representing the independent deputies and members from other political parties, and that provision be made for the substitution of members as allowed for under Standing Order 107(3)(b);
(b) the Ceann Comhairle shall announce the names of the members appointed under paragraph (a) for the information of the Dáil on the first sitting day following their appointment;
(c) Standing Order 93(2) shall not apply to the sub-Committee (in relation to using the d’Hondt system for the allocation of Chairman posts);
(d) any member or political party may make a submission on Dáil reform to the sub-Committee which shall review these submissions and report back to the Dáil within four weeks with a series of recommendations for the approval of the House; and
(e) the sub-Committee shall present an interim report on their working arrangements at a full sitting of the Dáil on 6th April, 2016 and that it will include initial consideration on appropriate rules regarding the establishment of technical groupings in the Dáil and arrangements for the management of Parliamentary Questions and the ordering of Dáil business in the interim period while the sub-Committee is sitting."
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