Marc Ó Cathasaigh (Waterford, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I move:

Wednesday's business shall be:

-Motions for Revised Estimates for Public Services 2022 [Votes 27, 28, 33, 35, 36 and 38] (to be moved together and decided without debate by one question)

-Motion reReferral to Committee of the Planning and Development (Street Furniture Fees) Regulations 2022 (without debate)

-Motion reMinisterial Rota for Parliamentary Questions (without debate)

-Motion re Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council to enable Eurojust to collect, preserve and analyse evidence relating to war crimes in Ukraine (to conclude within 55 mins)

-Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022 (Report and Final Stages) (to conclude within 60 mins)

-Competition (Amendment) Bill 2022 (Report and Final Stages) (to conclude within 60 mins)

Private Members' Business shall be the Motion re Rising Rental Costs, selected by Sinn Féin.

Thursday's business shall be:

-Statements on Government's Response on Accommodation Needs to those Fleeing Ukraine (not to exceed 210 mins)

Private Members' Business shall be the Motion reSale and Supply of Turf Regulations, selected by the Independent Group.

Proposed Arrangements for this week's business

In relation to Wednesday's business, it is proposed that: 1. the Motions for Revised Estimates for Public Services 2022 [Votes 27, 28, 33, 35, 36 and 38] shall be moved together and decided without debate by one question, which shall be put from the Chair;

2. the Motion reReferral to Committee of the Planning and Development (Street Furniture Fees) Regulations 2022 shall be taken without debate;

3. the Motion re Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions shall be taken without debate;

4. the Motion reProposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council to enable Eurojust to collect, preserve and analyse evidence relating to war crimes in Ukraine, shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 55 minutes, and the following arrangements shall apply:

(i) the opening speech of a Minister or Minister of State shall be followed by a speech of a member of Sinn Féin, with those speeches not exceeding 10 minutes in each case;

(ii) the speeches of the members of the Labour Party, Social Democrats, People Before Profit-Solidarity, the Regional Group, the Rural Independent Group and the Independent Group, who shall be called upon in that order, shall not exceed 5 minutes in each case;

(iii) a Minister or Minister of State shall be called upon to make a speech in reply which shall not exceed 5 minutes; and

(iv) members may share time;

5. the proceedings on the Report and Final Stages of the Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022 shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 60 minutes by one question which shall be put from the Chair, and which shall, in relation to amendments, include only those set down or accepted by the Minister for Finance;

6. the proceedings on the Report and Final Stages of the Competition (Amendment) Bill 2022 shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 60 minutes by one question which shall be put from the Chair, and which shall, in relation to amendments, include only those set down or accepted by the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment;

7. Private Members’ Business, the MotionreRising Rental Costs, shall be taken on the conclusion of the Competition (Amendment) Bill 2022;

8. no oral Parliamentary Questions pursuant to Standing Order 46(1) to a member of the Government other than the Taoiseach shall be taken; and

9. notwithstanding the ordinary routine of business as contained in Schedule 3 to Standing Orders, topical issues shall be taken on the conclusion of Private Members' Business. In relation to Thursday's business, it is proposed that: 1. notwithstanding the ordinary routine of business as contained in Schedule 3 to Standing Orders, the Dáil shall adjourn on the conclusion of topical issues pursuant to Standing Order 37, which shall be taken on the conclusion of private members' business pursuant to Standing Order 169;

2. the Statements on Government's Response on Accommodation Needs to those Fleeing Ukraine shall not exceed 210 minutes, with arrangements in accordance with those agreed by Order of the Dáil of 30th July 2020, for 200 minutes, following which a Minister or Minister of State shall be called upon to make a statement in reply which shall not exceed 10 minutes, and members may share time; and

3. no private member's Bill or motion for a Committee report pursuant to Standing Order 102 and Standing Order 160 shall be taken, and private members' business pursuant to Standing Order 169, the MotionreSale and Supply of Turf Regulations, shall be taken on the conclusion of the Statements on Government's Response on Accommodation Needs to those Fleeing Ukraine.

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