Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I move:

Tuesday's business shall be: - Motion reBills considered in Select Committee (without debate)

- Statements to mark Europe Day (not to exceed 145 mins)

Private Members' Business shall be Motion reAffordable Housing, selected by Sinn Féin. Wednesday's business shall be: - Motion reMinisterial Rota for Parliamentary Questions (without debate)

- Statements on the Report of Review of Defamation Act 2009 (not to exceed 135 mins)

- Motion reIreland's Opt-in to a proposal for a Council Decision to provide for continued exchange of DNA-profile and fingerprint (dactyloscopic) data (Prüm data) with the United Kingdom after 30 June 2022*

- Motion reCouncil Decision (EU) 2021/430 on the position taken on behalf of the European Union on the 'Kyoto Declaration'*

- Motion reOpt-in to Regulation (EU) 2021/2260 re Annex A & B of recast Insolvency Regulation*

* To be debated together and brought to a conclusion after 55 minutes

- Consumer Rights Bill 2022 (Second Stage) (if not previously concluded, to be interrupted either at 8.30 p.m. or two-and-a-half hours after the conclusion of the opt-in motions, whichever is the later)

Private Members' Business shall be Second Stage of the Living Wage Bill 2022, selected by the Labour Party. Thursday's business shall be: - Statements and Questions and Answers on National Maternity Hospital (not to exceed 135 mins)

- Statements on Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Security (not to exceed 145 mins)

- Consumer Rights Bill 2022 (Second stage, resumed, if not previously concluded). Thursday evening business shall be Second Stage of the Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2021.

Proposed Arrangements for this week's business

In relation to Tuesday's business, it is proposed that: 1. the ordinary routine of business as contained in Schedule 3 to Standing Orders shall apply, save that the time allocated to Government business shall be sufficient to conclude the Statements to Mark Europe Day, and the time for the adjournment of the Dáil shall be adjusted accordingly;

2. the Motion reBills considered in Select Committee shall be taken without debate;

3. the Statements to mark Europe Day shall not exceed 145 minutes, with arrangements in accordance with those agreed by Order of the Dáil of 30th July, 2020, for 135 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

4. the Order of referral to the Select Committee on Justice of the European Arrest Warrant (Amendment) Bill 2022 hereby stands discharged. In relation to Wednesday's business, it is proposed that: 1. the ordinary routine of business as contained in Schedule 3 to Standing Orders shall apply, save that Government business shall, if not previously concluded, be interrupted for the weekly division time either at 8.30 p.m., or two-and-a-half hours following the conclusion of the Motion re Opt-in to Regulation (EU) 2021/2260 re Annex A & B of recast Insolvency Regulation, whichever is the later: Provided that in any event, the weekly division time shall be taken no earlier than 8.30 p.m.;

2. notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order 170(2), the proceedings on Second Stage of the Living Wage Bill 2022 shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after two hours;

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

4. the Statements on the Report of Review of Defamation Act 2009 shall not exceed 135 minutes, with arrangements in accordance with those agreed by Order of the Dáil of 30th July, 2020, for that time, and members may share time; and

5. in relation to the Motions reOpt-in to COM (2022) 158 proposal for a Council Decision to provide for continued exchange of DNA-profile and fingerprint data with the United Kingdom after 30 June 2022, Opt-in to Council Decision (EU) 2021/430 on the position taken on behalf of the European Union on the ‘Kyoto Declaration', and Opt-in to Regulation (EU) 2021/2260 re Annex A & B of recast Insolvency Regulation, the following arrangements shall apply:

(i) the motions shall be debated together and shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 55 minutes;

(ii) the order of speaking and the allocation of speaking times shall be as follows:

- opening speech by a Minister or Minister of State - 10 minutes;

- speech by a representative of Sinn Féin - 10 minutes;

- speeches by representatives of the Labour Party, Social Democrats, People-Before-Profit-Solidarity, the Regional Group, the Rural Independent Group, and the Independent Group - 5 minutes per party or group; and

- a speech in response by a Minister or Minister of State - 5 minutes; and

(iii) members may share time.

In relation to Thursday's business, it is proposed that: 1. the ordinary routine of business as contained in Schedule 3 to Standing Orders shall apply, save that Government business, if not previously concluded, shall be interrupted at 7.27 p.m. in order to take topical issues, and the time for the adjournment of the Dáil shall be adjusted accordingly: Provided that topical issues shall be taken on the conclusion of Government business if it concludes before 7.27 p.m;

2. the Statements and Questions and Answers on National Maternity Hospital shall not exceed 135 minutes, with arrangements in accordance with those agreed by Order of the Dáil of 30th July, 2020, for that time, provided that members may use their time for a combination of statements and questions and answers, or questions and answers only, and members may share time; and

3. the Statements on Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Security shall not exceed 145 minutes, with arrangements in accordance with those agreed by Order of the Dáil of 30th July, 2020, for 135 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.

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