Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Today’s business shall be No. 31, Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017 - Second Stage (resumed), if not previously concluded; No. 10, motion re change in ministerial rota for parliamentary questions; No. 11, Financial Resolution re Intoxicating Liquor (Breweries and Distilleries) Bill 2016; No. 12, motion re EU recast reception conditions directive 2013/33/EU - referral to committee; No. 13, motion re fifteenth report of the Committee of Selection and appointment of chair; No. 5, Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2017 - all Stages; and No. 32, Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2017 [Seanad] - Committee and Remaining Stages. Private Members' business shall be No. 165, motion re home care packages, selected by the Rural Independent Group.

Wednesday’s business shall be No. 13a, Financial Resolution re Finance Bill 2017; No. 13b, motion re appointment of ordinary member of the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission; No. 32a, statements in advance of the European Council; No. 32b, statements on Northern Ireland; No. a1, Finance Bill 2017 - recommendation from the Seanad; No. 5, Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2017 - all Stages (resumed), if not previously concluded; No. 33, Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (Hague Convention) Bill 2016 [Seanad] - Order for Report, Report and Final Stages; No. 32, Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2017 [Seanad] - Committee and Remaining Stages (resumed), if not previously concluded; and No. 31, Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017 - Second Stage (resumed), if not previously concluded. Private Members' business shall be No. 50, Online Advertising and Social Media (Transparency) Bill 2017 - Second Stage, selected by Fianna Fáil.

Thursday's business shall be No. 13c, Revised Estimates 2018, referral to committee; Item 5a, Appropriation Bill 2017 - All Stages; No. 34, Technological Universities Bill 2015 - Order for Report, Report and Final Stages; No. 3, Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016 [Seanad] - All Stages; No. 31, Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017 - Second Stage resumed, if not previously concluded; and No. 34a, statements on the McCartan report on the Stardust disaster.

Friday's business shall be No. 34b, statements re child homelessness; No. 4, Domestic Violence Bill 2017 [Seanad] - Second Stage and No. 1, Intoxicating Liquor (Amendment) Bill 2017 [Seanad] - Second Stage.

With regard to the announcement of the proposed arrangements for this week's business, I refer to the first revised report of the Business Committee 7 December 2017. In respect of today’s business, it is proposed that:

(1) the Dáil shall sit later than 10 p.m. and shall adjourn on the conclusion of Private Members' Business;

(2) the motions re parliamentary questions rota change, Financial Resolution re Intoxicating Liquor (Breweries and Distilleries) Bill 2016, EU recast reception conditions directive 2013/33/EU - referral to committee and fifteenth report of the Committee of Selection and appointment of Chair shall be taken without debate;

(3) any division demanded on conclusion of Second Stage of the Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2017 shall be taken immediately; and

(4) Private Members' business shall take place not later than 9 p.m. for two hours.

In relation to Wednesday's business, it is proposed that:

(1) the Dáil shall sit later than 10.15 p.m. and shall adjourn not later than 11.15 p.m.;

(2) the Financial Resolution re Finance Bill 2017 and the motion re appointment of ordinary member of the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission shall be taken without debate and any division demanded on the Financial Resolution for the Finance Bill 2017 shall be taken immediately;

(3) the statements in advance of the European Council shall commence immediately after Taoiseach's Questions and be followed by the suspension of sitting under Standing Order 25(1) for one hour. The statements shall be brought to a conclusion after 85 minutes and speeches shall be confined to a Minister or Minister of State and the main spokespersons for parties or groups, or a member nominated in their stead, which shall not exceed ten minutes each, with a five-minute response from the Minister or Minister of State, and all members may share time;

(4) statements on Northern Ireland shall be confined to a single round of 15 minutes each for a Minister or Minister of State and the main spokespersons for parties or groups to conclude within two hours and all Members may share time; and

(5) Second Stage of the Online Advertising and Social Media (Transparency) Bill 2017 shall conclude within two hours.

In relation to Thursday's business, it is proposed that:

(1) the Dáil shall sit later than 7.48 p.m. and shall adjourn on the conclusion of Topical Issues;

(2) the Revised Estimates 2018, referral to committee, shall be taken without debate and the suspension of sitting under Standing Order 25(1) shall take place on the conclusion of the Revised Estimates for 40 minutes;

(3) the proceedings on Second Stage of the Appropriation Bill 2017 shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 85 minutes and any division demanded on the conclusion of Second Stage shall be taken immediately. The speech of a Minister or Minister or State and the main spokespersons for parties or groups, or a Member nominated in their stead, shall not exceed ten minutes each, with a five-minute response from the Minister or Minister of State, and all Members may share time. The proceedings on Committee and Remaining Stages shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 15 minutes by one question, which shall, in relation to amendments, include only those set down or accepted by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform;

(4) Report and Final Stages of the Technological Universities Bill 2015 shall adjourn after two hours if not previously concluded;

(5) the proceedings on Second Stage of the Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016 [Seanad] shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 90 minutes and any division demanded on the conclusion of Second Stage shall be taken immediately. The speech of a Minister or Minister or State and the main spokespersons for parties or groups, or a Member nominated in their stead, shall not exceed ten minutes each, with a ten-minute response from the Minister or Minister of State, and all Members may share time. Proceedings on Committee and Remaining Stages shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 30 minutes by one question, which shall, in relation to amendments, include only those set down or accepted by the Minister for Health;

(6) the weekly divisions shall take place on the conclusion of proceedings on the Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017 - Second Stage resumed, if not previously concluded, or at 7.12 p.m., whichever is the earlier;

(7) the statements on the McCartan report on the Stardust disaster shall take place after the weekly divisions, no Private Members' Bill shall be taken under Standing Order 140A and no Committee Report shall be taken under Standing Order 91(2). The statements shall be confined to a single round of 15 minutes each for statements by a Minister or Minister of State and the main spokespersons for parties or groups, or a Member nominated in their stead, to conclude within two hours and all members may share time; and

(8) the Topical Issue debate shall take place not later than 9.52 p.m., or on the conclusion of the statements on the McCartan report on the Stardust disaster, whichever is the earlier.

In relation to Friday's business, it is proposed that:

(1) the Dáil shall sit on Friday at 10.30 a.m. and shall adjourn not later than 2.30 p.m. to take statements re child homelessness, the Domestic Violence Bill 2017 [Seanad] - Second Stage and the Intoxicating Liquor (Amendment) Bill 2017 - Second Stage;

(2) the quorum for the Dáil on 15 December shall be ten Members;

(3) in the opening round of the statements re child homelessness, statements of a Minister or Minister of State and the main spokespersons for parties or groups, or a Member nominated in their stead, shall not exceed 15 minutes each with speeches in the second and subsequent rounds of all other Members not exceeding five minutes each. The statements shall adjourn after two hours, if not previously concluded, and all Members may share time; and

(4) the Dáil on its rising shall adjourn until 2 p.m. on Tuesday, 16 January 2018.

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