Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I have a proposal from the Business Committee. I move:

It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, or the Order of Business of Tuesday, 28 July that:

(a) on the conclusion of proceedings on the Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020, the following motions be taken without debate today:

- motion re establishment of select committees;

- motion to instruct select committees re their work programmes;

- motion re instruction to the Special Committee on Covid-19 Response, and

- motion re report of the Committee on Standing Orders and Dáil Reform entitled Rotas and arrangements for Leaders’ Questions, Private Members’ Time, and Parliamentary Questions,

(b) on the conclusion of proceedings on the motions listed in paragraph (a), the motion re report of the Committee on Standing Orders and Dáil Reform entitled, Speaking time arrangements on the first round of Second Stage of a Bill, and on fixed-time debates, be taken, and be brought to a conclusion within 40 minutes, with speeches confined to a single round of five minutes each for a Minister or Minister of State and all Opposition parties and groups, and

(c) the weekly division time shall be taken on the conclusion of the motion re the report on speaking time arrangements.

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