Maria Bailey (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Today’s business shall be No. 7, motion re seventeenth report of the Committee of Selection; No. 8, motion re Sectoral Employment Order (Mechanical Engineering Building Services Contracting Sector) 2018, back from committee; No. 9, motion re report on service by the Defence Forces with the UN in 2016, referral to committee; No. 10, motion re parliamentary questions rota change; No. 11, motion re Health and Social Care Professionals Act regulations, referral to committee, and No. 29, statements on Project Ireland 2040. Private Members' business shall be No. 172, motion re Dublin traffic, selected by Fianna Fáil.

Wednesday’s business shall be No. 29, statements on Project Ireland 2040, resumed, if not previously concluded; No. 3, Public Service Superannuation (Amendment) Bill 2018 - all Stages, to be taken at 4.15 p.m. and to conclude within three hours; No. 29, statements on Project Ireland 2040, resumed, if not previously concluded; No. 30, statements on the Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution, to be resumed at 7.15 p.m. and to conclude not later than 8.15 p.m., if not previously concluded, and No. 29, statements on Project Ireland 2040, resumed, to adjourn not later than 8.15 p.m., if not previously concluded.

Private Members' business shall be No. 173, motion re agriculture trade talks, selected by Fianna Fáil.

Thursday's business shall be No. 29, statements on Project Ireland 2040, resumed, to adjourn if not previously concluded. Second Stage of No. 48, the Digital Safety Commissioner Bill 2017, will be taken in the evening slot.

I refer to the second revised report of the Business Committee, dated 16 February 2018. In relation to today's business, it is proposed that: (1) the motions re the seventeenth report of the Committee of Selection, the sectoral employment order, the report on service by the Defence Forces with the UN in 2016, the parliamentary questions rota change and the Health and Social Care Professionals Act regulations shall be taken without debate; (2) in the opening round of the statements on Project Ireland 2040, statements of a Minister or Minister of State and the main spokespersons of parties and groups, or a Member nominated in their stead, shall not exceed 30 minutes each, all other Members shall not exceed ten minutes each with a ten-minute response from a Minister or Minister of State and all Members may share time, and the statements shall adjourn not later than 8 p.m., if not previously concluded; and (3) notwithstanding anything in Standing Order 143F, the rota for Private Members' business from 20 February to 7 March shall be in the following temporary sequence: Fianna Fáil, Fianna Fáil, Rural Independent Group, Fianna Fáil, Social Democrats-Green Party, Independents 4 Change, whereupon the sequence in the Standing Order shall continue.

In relation to Wednesday's business, it is proposed that: (1) statements on Project Ireland 2040 shall adjourn not later than 4.15 p.m., if not previously concluded, and shall resume, time allowing, after the Public Service Superannuation (Amendment) Bill 2018 and the resumed statements on the Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution; (2) the proceedings on Second Stage of the Public Service Superannuation (Amendment) Bill 2018 shall commence at 4.15 p.m. and shall be brought to a conclusion after two hours and 30 minutes and any division demanded on the conclusion of Second Stage shall be taken immediately; the Speech 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 ten minutes each, all other Members shall have five minutes each with a five-minute response from a Minister or Minister of State, all Members may share time; and 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 Justice and Equality; (3) statements on the Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution shall resume at 7.15 p.m. and conclude not later than 8.15 p.m., if not previously concluded; and (4) Private Members' business shall be taken at 8.15 p.m., to conclude after two hours and the Dáil shall adjourn on its conclusion.

In relation to Thursday's business, it is proposed that statements on Project Ireland 2040 shall adjourn not later than 5 p.m., if not previously concluded.

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