Jim Daly (Cork South West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Today's business shall be No. 5, motion re changes to Standing Orders 84, 108 and 111A; No. 13, Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 2014 [Seanad] - Order for Report, Report and Final Stages; and No. 1, Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (Hague Convention) Bill 2016 [Seanad] - Second Stage. Private Members' business shall be No. 96, motion re the Money Advice and Budgeting Service and Citizens Information Service selected by Fianna Fáil.

Wednesday's business shall be No. 13a, statements on Northern Ireland; No. 6, motion re report of the Committee of Public Accounts re National Asset Management Agency's sale of Project Eagle; No. 14, Knowledge Development Box (Certification of Inventions) Bill 2016 [Seanad] - Order for Report, Report and Final Stages; No. 13, Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 2014 [Seanad] - Report and Final Stages, resumed if not previously concluded, and No. 1, Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (Hague Convention) Bill 2016 [Seanad] - Second Stage, resumed if not previously concluded.

Private Members’ business shall be No. 97, motion re national children’s hospital, selected by the Rural Independent Group.

Thursday’s business shall be No. 15, statements on direct provision; No. 13, Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 2014 [Seanad] - Report and Final Stages, resumed if not previously concluded; No. 16, Misuse of Drugs (Supervised Injecting Facilities) Bill 2017 - Order for Report, Report and Final Stages; and No. 1, Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (Hague Convention) Bill 2016 [Seanad] - Second Stage, resumed if not previously concluded. Second Stage of No. 25, Ethical Public Investment (Tobacco) Bill 2017, will be debated in the evening slot.

I refer members to the revised report of the Business Committee dated 28 March 2017 regarding today's business. It is proposed that:

(1) The motion re changes to Standing Orders 84, 108 and 111A will be taken without debate.

In respect of Wednesday’s business, it is proposed that:

(1) The Dáil shall sit at 10 a.m. for statements on Northern Ireland, which shall conclude within two hours. If the statements conclude before 12 noon, the House shall suspend until 12 noon and Leaders’ Questions shall commence at 12 noon. The statements shall be confined to a single round for a Minister or Minister of State and the main spokespersons for parties and groups, or a member nominated in their stead and shall not exceed 15 minutes each and all members may share time;

(2) Oral Questions to the Taoiseach shall not be taken; and

(3) the motion re report of the Committee of Public Accounts re National Asset Management Agency’s sale of Project Eagle shall conclude within two hours. The speeches of a Minister or Minister of State and the main spokespersons for parties and groups, or a member nominated in their stead, shall not exceed ten minutes each. A second round of 40 minutes shall be limited to members of the Committee of Public Accounts. The speeches of other members shall be not more than five minutes each and all members may share time.

In respect of Thursday's business, it is proposed that:

(1) The Dáil shall sit at 10 a.m. for statements on direct provision which shall conclude within two hours. If the statements conclude before 12 noon, the House shall suspend until 12 noon and Leaders’ Questions shall commence at 12 noon. The statements shall be confined to a single round for a Minister or Minister of State and the main spokespersons for parties and groups, or a member nominated in their stead, and shall not exceed 15 minutes each and all members may share time;

(2) The sitting shall suspend after the voting block for a period of 30 minutes;

(3) Questions to the Minister for Justice and Equality shall take place at 4 p.m.; and

(4) The Dáil shall sit later than 7.48 p.m. and adjourn on the conclusion of proceedings on Second Stage of the Ethical Public Investment (Tobacco) Bill 2017.

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