Michael Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The business of this week shall be set out as in the second revised report of the Business Committee dated 9 April 2019. Tuesday’s business shall be No. 13, motion re Electoral (Supplement to the Register of Electors) Regulations 2019; No. 14, motion to instruct the committee on the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018; No. 35, Pre-European Council Statements; and No. 15, motion re Article 4 of the 19th and 21st protocols annexed to the Lisbon Treaty - referral to committee. Private Members’ business shall be No. 57, Thirty-Eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Neutrality) Bill 2018 - Second Stage, selected by Sinn Féin.

Wednesday’s business shall be No. 16, motion re direct election of mayor plebiscite regulations; No. 9, Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2019 - Order for Second Stage and Second Stage; No. 8, Courts (Establishment and Constitution) (Amendment) Bill 2019 - Order for Second Stage and Second Stage; No. 36, statements on rural and community development; and No. 1, Land and Conveyancing Law Reform (Amendment) Bill 2019 [Seanad] - Second Stage. Private Members’ business shall be No. 220, motion re housing, selected by the Labour Party.

Thursday’s business shall be Nos. 17 and 18, motions re Article 4 of the 19th and 21st protocols annexed to the Lisbon Treaty, back from committee; No. 19, motion re Revised Estimates, back from committee; No. 37, statements on A Better World – Ireland’s Policy for International Development; and No. 58, Treatment of Cancer (Advertisements) Bill 2018 - Second Stage. Private Members' business shall be No. 59, Finance (Office of Tax Simplification) Bill 2018 - Second Stage.

In relation to Tuesday’s business, it is proposed that:

(1) Nos. 13 and 14 shall be taken without debate and any division demanded thereon shall be taken immediately.

(2) No. 35 shall be taken on conclusion of Taoiseach's questions. Statements shall be brought to a conclusion after 85 minutes if not previously concluded. Statements shall be confined to a single round for a Minister or Minister of State and the main spokespersons for parties and groups or Members nominated in their stead shall not exceed 10 minutes each, with a five minute response by a Minister or Minister of State. All Members may share time. Questions to the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government shall be taken on the conclusion of the statements.

(3) No. 15 shall conclude within 45 minutes. Speeches shall be confined to a single round for a Minister or Minister of State and the main spokespersons for parties and groups or Members nominated in their stead for a period not exceeding five minutes each, with a five minute response by a Minister or Minister of State. All Members may share time. Any division demanded thereon shall be taken immediately.

(4) No. 57 shall be taken on the conclusion of No. 15. The Dáil shall sit later than 10 p.m. and shall adjourn on the conclusion of No. 57, which shall conclude within two hours.

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

(1). No. 16 shall conclude within 45 minutes and speeches shall be confined to a single round of five minutes for a Minister or Minister of State and the main spokespersons for parties and groups, or Members nominated in their stead, with a five minute response by a Minister or Minister of State. All Members may share time.

(2) In respect of No. 36, statements shall not exceed 10 minutes each for a Minister or Minister of State and the main spokespersons for parties and groups or Members nominated in their stead, with ten minutes for all other Members and a five minute response by a Minister or Minister of State. All Members may share time.

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

(1) Nos. 17 and 18 shall be taken without debate.

(2) No. 19 shall take place following Nos. 17 and 18, shall be followed immediately by the weekly divisions and shall conclude within 45 minutes. The Estimates shall be moved together and decided by one question. Speeches shall be confined to a single round for a Minister or Minister of State and the main spokespersons for parties and groups or Members nominated in their stead, for a period not exceeding five minutes each, with a five minute response by a Minister or Minister of State. All Members may share time and any division demanded thereon shall be taken immediately.

(3) No. 37 shall adjourn after 90 minutes if not previously concluded. Statements by a Minister or Minister of State and the main spokespersons for parties and groups or Members nominated in their stead shall not exceed ten minutes each, with five minutes for all other Members and a five minute response by a Minister or Minister of State. All Members may share time.

(4) The order of the Dáil of 12 December 2018, that Second Stage of No. 58 be taken in Private Members’ time, shall be discharged and that Second Stage shall be taken in Government time.

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