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

I move:

Today's business shall be: - Motion re Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 (Section 95(3)) (Variation of Title: Chiropodist) Regulations 2022 (without debate)

- Motion re Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Parent's Leave and Benefit Act 2019 (Extension of Periods of Leave) Order 2022 (without debate)

- Motion re Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the National Archives Act 1986 (Section 1(2)(d)) Order 2022 (without debate)

- Motion re Instruction to Committee on Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021 (without debate)

- Statements pre European Council meeting of 23rd-24th June, pursuant to Standing Order 124 (not to exceed 110 minutes)

- Motion re Opt-in to EU Proposal for a Directive on Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (to conclude within 55 minutes) Private Members' Business shall be the Motion re Emergency Hospital Provision and Emergency Department in Our Lady's Hospital, Navan, selected by Sinn Féin.

Wednesday's business shall be: - Statements on Insurance Reform (not to exceed 210 minutes)

- Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022 (Amendments from the Seanad) (to be taken no earlier than 5.34 p.m. and to conclude within 30 minutes)

- Higher Education Authority Bill 2022 (Report and Final Stages) (to conclude within 90 minutes)

- European Arrest Warrant (Amendment) Bill 2022 (Committee and remaining Stages) (to conclude within 60 minutes) Private Members' Business shall be the Motion re Respite Care Services, selected by the Independent Group

Thursday's business shall be:

- Statements on LGBTQI+ Equality (not to exceed 210 minutes).

Thursday evening business shall be the Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to Vote at 16) Bill 2021 (Second Stage).

Announcement of 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 following extent: (i) oral Parliamentary Questions to the Taoiseach pursuant to Standing Order 46(1) shall not be taken and expressions of sympathy for the late Austin Currie shall be taken at that time; and

(ii) Government business may continue after 6.12 p.m. in order to allow the Motion re Opt-in to the EU Proposal for a Directive Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence 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 Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 (Section 95(3)) (Variation of Title: Chiropodist) Regulations 2022 shall be taken without debate;

3. the Motion re Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Parent's Leave and Benefit Act 2019 (Extension of Periods of Leave) Order 2022 shall be taken without debate;

4. the Motion re Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the National Archives Act 1986 (Section 1(2)(d)) Order 2022 shall be taken without debate;

5. the Motion re Instruction to Committee on the Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021 shall be taken without debate;

6. contributions on the expressions of sympathy for the late Austin Currie shall not exceed 2 minutes each;

7. the Statements pre European Council meeting of 23rd-24th June, pursuant to Standing Order 124 shall not exceed 110 minutes, with arrangements in accordance with those agreed by Order of the Dáil of 30th July, 2020, for 100 minutes, following which a Minister or Minister of State shall be called upon to make a speech in reply which shall not exceed 10 minutes, and members may share time; and

8. the Motion re Opt-in to EU Proposal for a Directive on Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 55 minutes and the following arrangements shall apply: (i) 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

(ii) members may share time. 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 be modified to the extent that oral Parliamentary Questions to the Taoiseach pursuant to Standing Order 46(1) shall not be taken, with consequential effect on the commencement time for the SOS and for Government business;

2. the Statements on Insurance Reform 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;

3. in relation to the amendments from the Seanad on the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022, the following arrangements shall apply: (i) the item shall be taken either at 5.34 p.m. or on the conclusion of the Statements on Insurance Reform, whichever is the later; and

(ii) the proceedings thereon shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 30 minutes and any amendments from the Seanad not disposed of shall be decided by one question which shall be put from the Chair, and which shall, in relation to amendments to the Seanad amendments, include only those set down or accepted by the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; 4. the proceedings on Report and Final Stages of the Higher Education Authority 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 Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science; and

5. the proceedings on Committee and remaining Stages of the European Arrest Warrant (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 Minister for Justice.

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 topical issues pursuant to Standing Order 37 may be taken earlier than 7.24 p.m. and shall, in any event, be taken on the conclusion of Government business, with consequential effect on the commencement time for the Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to Vote at 16) Bill 2021, as well as on the time for the adjournment of the Dáil; and

2. the Statements on LGBTQI+ Equality 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.

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