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

I move:

Tuesday's business shall be: - Motion re Fourteenth Report of Committee of Selection (without debate)

- Motion re Referral to Joint Committee of proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 (Section 95(3)) (Variation of title: Chiropodist) Regulations 2022 (without debate)

- Motion re Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions (without debate)

- Electoral Reform Bill 2022 — Motion to Instruct the Committee (to conclude within 60 minutes)

- Statements on Transport, Accelerating Sustainable Mobility (not to exceed 145 minutes)

Private Members' Business shall be the Motion re Rising Food Prices, selected by Sinn Féin. Wednesday's business shall be: - Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022 (Second Stage) (to be interrupted, if not previously concluded, either at 6.30 p.m., or 3 hours and 41 minutes after the conclusion of the SOS, whichever is the later)

- Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022 (Report and Final Stages) (to be taken no earlier than 6.30 p.m. and to conclude within 90 minutes)

- Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022 (Report and Final Stages) (to conclude within 30 minutes)

Private Members' Business shall be the Motion re Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability, selected by the Regional Group. Thursday's business shall be: - Statements on Higher Education, Investment in Higher Education and Reducing the Cost for Families (not to exceed 145 minutes)

- Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022 (Second Stage, resumed, if not previously concluded)

Thursday evening business shall be the Motion re Report entitled “Urban Regeneration”. 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 be modified to the extent that—

(i) oral Parliamentary Questions to the Taoiseach pursuant to Standing Order 46(1) shall not be taken; and

(ii) Government business may continue after 6.12 p.m. in order to allow the Statements on Transport, Accelerating Sustainable Mobility to conclude, with consequential effect on the commencement time for the items of business following, as well as on the time for the adjournment of the Dáil;

2. the Motion re Fourteenth Report of Committee of Selection shall be taken without debate;

3. the Motion re Referral to Joint Committee of proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 (Section 95(3)) (Variation of title: Chiropodist) Regulations 2022 shall be taken without debate;

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

5. the Motion to instruct the Committee on the Electoral Reform Bill 2022 shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 60 minutes, and the following arrangements shall apply:

(i) the order of speaking and allocation of time shall be as follows:

- opening speech by a Minister or Minister of State ‒ 7.5 minutes;

- speeches by representatives of Sinn Féin, the Labour Party, Social Democrats, People-Before-Profit-Solidarity, the Regional Group, the Rural Independent Group, and the Independent Group

‒ 7.5 minutes per party or group; and

(ii) members may share time; and

6. the Statements on Transport, Accelerating Sustainable Mobility 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.

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

1. the proceedings on the second reading motion on the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022 shall, if not previously concluded, be interrupted either at 6.30 p.m., or three hours and 41 minutes after the conclusion of the SOS, whichever is the later, in order to take Report and Final Stages of the Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Provided that, in any event, Report and Final Stages of the Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022 shall be taken no earlier than 6.30 p.m.;

2. the proceedings on the Report and Final Stages of the Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022 shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 90 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 Environment, Climate and Communications;

3. the proceedings on the Report and Final Stages of the Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022 shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 30 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; and

4. the weekly division time shall be taken on the conclusion of proceedings on the Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022.

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 be modified to the extent that—

(i) topical issues pursuant to Standing Order 37 shall be taken either at 6.30 p.m., or on the conclusion of Government business, whichever is the earlier, and

(ii) notwithstanding the Order of the Dáil of 10th September, 2020, the Motion re Report entitled "Urban Regeneration" may be taken for longer than 75 minutes;

2. the Dáil on its rising shall adjourn until 2.00 p.m. on Tuesday 14th June, 2022;

3. the Statements on Higher Education, Investment in Higher Education and Reducing the Cost for Families 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 proceedings on the Motion re Report entitled "Urban Regeneration" shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 135 minutes, with arrangements in accordance with those agreed by the Order of the Dáil of 30th July, 2020, for that time, and members may share time.

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