Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Tuesday’s business shall be No. 5, motion re. change to Standing Order 21, without debate; No. 6, motion re. PQ rota change between the Department of Children and Youth Affairs and the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, without debate; No. 13, Post-European Council statements, to conclude within one hour and 45 minutes, if not previously concluded; and No. 7, motion re. change to Standing Order 27. Private Members’ business shall be No. 28, Mental Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017 selected by Fianna Fáil.

Wednesday's business shall be No. 14, Inland Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017 - Second Stage, resumed; No. 15, Courts (No. 2) Bill 2016 - Order for Report, Report and Final Stages; and No. 16, Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (Hague Convention) Bill 2016 [Seanad] Second Stage, resumed. Private Members' business shall be No. 108, motion re. maternity services, selected by Sinn Féin.

Thursday's business shall be No. 14, Inland Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017 - Second Stage, resumed, if not previously concluded; No. 15, Courts (No. 2) Bill 2016 - Report and Final Stages, resumed; No. 16, Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (Hague Convention) Bill 2016 [Seanad] Second Stage, resumed; and No. 4, Diplomatic Relations (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017 - Order for Second Stage and Second Stage. There shall be two Private Members' Bills taken. At 10 a.m., Second Stage of No. 29, Prohibition of Micro-Plastics Bill 2016 will be debated, and, in the evening slot, Second Stage of No. 30, Rural Equality Bill 2017 will be debated.

With regard to the proposed arrangements for this week's business, I refer Members to the second revised report of the Business Committee dated 27 April 2017. In relation to Tuesday's business, it is proposed that:

(1) the Dáil shall sit later than 10 p.m. and adjourn on the conclusion of the motion re. change to Standing Order 27;

(2) motion re. change to Standing Order 21 and motion re. PQ rota change shall be taken without debate and any division demanded thereon shall be taken immediately;

(3) post-European Council statements shall commence immediately after Taoiseach’s Questions, and will be followed by Questions to the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, and shall be brought to a conclusion after one hour and 45 minutes, if not previously concluded. Statements of ten minutes each shall be confined to a single round from a Minister or Minister of State and the main spokespersons for parties or groups, or a Member nominated in their stead. A Minister or Minister of State shall take questions for a period not exceeding 20 minutes, followed by a five minute response from the Minister or Minister of State. All Members may share time;

(4) Second Stage of the Mental Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017 shall take place on the conclusion of Topical Issues but not earlier than 8 p.m. and shall conclude within two hours;

(5) motion re. change to Standing Order 27 shall be brought to a conclusion after 40 minutes, if not previously concluded. Speeches shall be confined to a single round from a Minister or Minister of State and the main spokespersons for parties or groups, or a Member nominated in their stead, of five minutes each, and all Members may share time.

It is proposed that the Dáil shall sit at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, at which time Leaders' Questions shall be taken. There shall be no suspension of the sitting under Standing Order 25(1). Private Members' business shall be taken at the conclusion of Topical Issues.

It is proposed that the Dáil shall sit at 10 a.m. on Thursday to take Second Stage of the Prohibition of Micro-Plastics Bill 2016, in accordance with Standing Order 140A. If the proceedings on Second Stage conclude before 12 p.m., the sitting shall be suspended until 12 p.m., at which time Leaders' Questions shall commence. The sitting shall be suspended for 30 minutes after the voting block and questions to the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine shall take place at 4 p.m. The Dáil shall sit later than 7.48 p.m. and adjourn at the conclusion of proceedings on Second Stage of the Rural Equality Bill 2017.

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