Dáil debates

Tuesday, 22 May 2018

Order of Business

 

2:55 pm

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

Tuesday's business shall be No. 19, Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017 - Report and Final Stages (resumed); and No. 20, Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017 - Report and Final Stages (resumed).

Wednesday's business shall be No. 19, Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017 - Report and Final Stages (resumed, if not previously concluded); and No. 20, Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017 - Report and Final Stages (resumed). Private Members' business shall be No. 177, motion re European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations 2018 (SI 89 of 2018), selected by Fianna Fáil.

Thursday's business shall be No. 1, Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2017 - amendments from the Seanad; No. 21, statements on pay inequality in the public service, to conclude within 85 minutes, if not previously concluded; and No. 22, statements on the UK's withdrawal from the EU, to conclude within 85 minutes, if not previously concluded. No. 7, motion re report of the Joint Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government entitled "Safe as Houses? A Report on Building Standards, Building Controls & Consumer Protection" of December 2017 shall be debated in the evening slot.

I refer to the first revised report of the Business Committee dated 17 May 2018. In respect of today's business, it is proposed that Private Members' business under Standing Order 143F for the Social Democrats-Green Party group will not be taken on Tuesday. However, the rota shall continue as if it had, with Fianna Fáil's Private Members' business on Wednesday.

In respect of Wednesday's business, it is proposed that any division demanded on the motion re European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations 2018 (SI 89 of 2018) be deferred until immediately after the Order of Business on Tuesday next, 29 May.

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

(1) Weekly divisions will take place on the conclusion of the proceedings on the amendments from the Seanad on the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2017;

(2) The statements on pay inequality in the public service shall conclude within 85 minutes, if not previously concluded, and shall be confined to a single round by 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 ten minutes with a five-minute response from a Minister or Minister of State and all Members may share time; and

(3) The statements on the UK's withdrawal from the European Union shall conclude within 85 minutes and shall be confined to a single round by 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 ten minutes, with a five-minute response from a Minister or Minister of State and all Members may share time.

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