Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Today's business shall be No. 6, motion re Sixteenth Report of the Committee of Selection, to be taken without debate; No. 7, motion re amendment to Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, back from committee, to be taken without debate; No. 7a, motion re parliamentary questions rota change for the Department of Children and Youth Affairs and the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection; No. 27, statements on the third interim report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes; and No. 3, Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017 - Order for Second Stage and Second Stage. Private Members' business shall be No. 168, motion re local and regional roads funding, which has been selected by Fianna Fáil.

Wednesday's business shall be No. 3, Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017 - Order for Second Stage and Second Stage; No. 28, Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015 [Seanad] - Second Stage (resumed); No. 4, Industrial Development (Amendment) Bill 2018 - Order for Second Stage and Second Stage; and No. 27, statements on the third interim report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes, resumed. Private Members' business shall be No. 45, Central Bank (Amendment) Bill 2018 - Second Stage, which has been selected by Sinn Féin.

Thursday's business shall be No. 3, Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017 - Second Stage, resumed, if not previously concluded; No. 28, Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015 [Seanad] - Second Stage, resumed, if not previously concluded; No. 4, Industrial Development (Amendment) Bill 2018 - Second Stage, resumed, if not previously concluded; No. 27, statements on the third interim report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes, resumed; and No. 29, statements on national broadband procurement process, resumed; and No. 8, report on the position of lone parents in Ireland by theJoint Committee on Employment Affairs and Social Protection, to be taken in the evening slot.

I refer to the first revised report of the Business Committee, dated 12 February, 2018. In relation to today's business, it is proposed that: (1) the motion re the Sixteenth Report of the Committee of Selection; the motion re amendment to Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, back from committee, and the motion re parliamentary questions rota change shall be taken without debate and that any division demanded on the motion re parliamentary questions rota change shall be taken immediately; (2) statements on the third interim report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes shall adjourn not later than 8 p.m.; that the statements of a Minister or a Minister of State and the main spokespersons for parties or groups, or a Member nominated in their stead, shall not exceed ten minutes each and that the statements of all other Members shall not exceed five minutes each, with a five minute response from a Minister or a Minister of State. All Members may share time.

In relation to Wednesday's business, it is proposed that: (1) Second Stage of the Central Bank (Amendment) Bill 2018 shall be brought to a conclusion, if not previously concluded, after two hours and; (2) statements on the third interim report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes shall adjourn not later than 10.15 p.m.

In relation to Thursday's business, it is proposed that statements on the national broadband procurement process shall resume at 4 p.m. or at the conclusion of the statements on the third interim report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes, whichever is the earlier, and conclude at 5 p.m., if not previously concluded, and that the order shall not resume thereafter.

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