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

I move:

Tuesday's business shall be: - Motion re Instruction to Committee on the Consumer Rights Bill 2022 (without debate) (any division claimed to be taken immediately prior to Report Stage of the Bill on Wednesday)

- Motion re Membership of the Joint Committee on Standing Orders relative to Private Business (without debate)

- Motion re Fifteenth Report of the Committee of Selection (without debate)

- Motion re Referral to Select Committee of proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income) (Isle of Man) Order 2022 and the Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income) (Guernsey) Order 2022 (without debate)

- EirGrid, Electricity and Turf (Amendment) Bill 2022 (Second Stage) (to conclude within 220 minutes) Private Members' Business shall be the Motion re Emergency Budget, selected by Sinn Féin.

Wednesday's business shall be: - Motion re Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Motion re Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009 (to be debated together and to conclude within 110 minutes)

- Motion re Opt-in to add the violation of EU restrictive measures (sanctions) to the list of EU crimes (to conclude within 55 minutes)

- EirGrid, Electricity and Turf (Amendment) Bill 2022 (Committee and remaining Stages) (to be taken no earlier than 4.49 p.m. and to conclude within 90 minutes)

- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022 (Report and Final Stages) (to conclude within 30 minutes)

- Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022 (Amendments from the Seanad) (to conclude within 30 minutes)

- Consumer Rights Bill 2022 (Report and Final Stages) (to conclude within 45 minutes)

- Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022 (Report and Final Stages) (to conclude within 90 minutes) Private Members' Business shall be Second Stage of the Autism Bill 2022, selected by the Labour Party.

Thursday's business shall be the Second Stage of the Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022. Thursday evening's business shall be the Motion re Report entitled ‘Examination of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board 2019 Financial Statements and Related Financial Matters’.

Friday’s business shall be:

- Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022 (Second Stage) (to conclude within 220 minutes)

- Education (Provision in Respect of Children with Special Educational Needs) Bill 2022 (Second Stage) (to conclude within 220 minutes)

- Health (Exemptions from Charges for Acute In-Patient Services) Bill 2022 (Second Stage) (to conclude within 220 minutes)

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 Government business may continue after 6.12 p.m. in order to allow for the debate on Second Stage of the EirGrid, Electricity and Turf (Amendment) Bill 2022 to conclude, with consequential effect on the commencement time of the items of business following, as well as on the time for the adjournment of the Dáil, which may be later than 10.30 p.m.;

2. notwithstanding anything in Standing Order 187, the Motion re Instruction to Committee on the Consumer Rights Bill 2022 shall be taken without debate and any division claimed thereon shall be taken immediately prior to Report Stage of the Bill on Wednesday;

3. notwithstanding anything in Standing Order 39, the Motion re Membership of the Joint Committee on Standing Orders relative to Private Business shall be taken without debate immediately following the Motion re Instruction to Committee on the Consumer Rights Bill 2022;

4. the Motion re Fifteenth Report of the Committee of Selection shall be taken without debate;

5. the Motion re Referral to Select Committee of proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income) (Isle of Man) Order 2022 and the Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income) (Guernsey) Order 2022 shall be taken without debate; and

6. the proceedings on Second Stage of the EirGrid, Electricity and Turf (Amendment) Bill 2022 shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 220 minutes, and the following arrangements shall apply:

(i) debate shall be confined to a single round in accordance with the arrangements agreed by Order of the Dáil of 30th July, 2020, for the first round of debate on Second Stage of a Government Bill, not exceeding 210 minutes;

(ii) a Minister or Minister of State shall be called upon to make a speech in reply which shall not exceed 10 minutes;

(iii) members may share time; and

(iv) in the event a division is demanded on the Second Stage proceedings, it shall be taken immediately prior to Committee Stage of the Bill on Wednesday.

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 following extent:

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

(ii) Government business may continue after 8.45 p.m. in order to allow the proceedings on the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022 to conclude; and

(iii) the weekly division time may be taken later than 8.45 p.m. and shall, in any event, to be taken on the conclusion of proceedings on the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022, with consequential effect on the time for the adjournment of the Dáil, which may be later than 9.30 p.m;

2. notwithstanding anything in Standing Order 170, the proceedings on Second Stage of the Autism Bill shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after two hours;

3. in relation to the Motion re Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and the Motion re Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009, the following arrangements shall apply:

(i) the motions shall be moved and considered together in one debate;

(ii) the arrangements for the debate shall be in accordance with those agreed by Order of the Dáil of 30 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;

(iii) members may share time; and

(iv) the proceedings thereon shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 110 minutes, with a separate question on each motion and on any amendments thereto;

4. the proceedings on the Motion re Opt-in to add the violation of EU restrictive measures (sanctions) to the list of EU crimes 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;

5. proceedings on the EirGrid, Electricity and Turf (Amendment) Bill 2022 shall be resumed no earlier than 4.49 p.m.; provided that the proceedings on Committee and Remaining Stages 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 the Environment, Climate and Communications;

6. the proceedings on Report and Final Stages of the Judicial Appointments Commission 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 Justice;

7. the proceedings on the amendments from the Seanad on the Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022 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 Housing, Local Government and Heritage;

8. the proceedings on Report and Final Stages of the Consumer Rights Bill 2022 shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 45 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; and

9. the proceedings on Report and Final Stages of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (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 Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth. 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 following extent:

(i) Parliamentary Questions to the Minister for Social Protection shall be deferred to 14 July, 2022, in place of questions to the Minister for Rural and Community Development, and topical issues pursuant to Standing Order 37 shall not be taken on the conclusion of Government business but shall instead be taken on the conclusion of Parliamentary Questions to the Minister for Education;

(ii) if not previously concluded, Government business shall be interrupted at 7.30 p.m.; and

(iii) the Motion re Report entitled "Examination of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board 2019 Financial Statements and Related Financial Matters" shall be taken on the interruption or the conclusion of Government business, whichever is the earlier, and the Dáil shall adjourn on the conclusion of the motion.

In relation to Friday’s business, it is proposed that: 1. notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, or the ordinary routine of business as contained in Schedule 3 to Standing Orders, the Dáil shall meet on Friday 1st July, 2022, at 9 a.m. and shall adjourn on the conclusion of Government business, and the following arrangements shall apply:

(i) the proceedings on the Second Stage of any Bill to be taken shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 220 minutes, and speaking arrangements shall be as follows:

- debate shall be confined to a single round in accordance with the arrangements agreed by Order of the Dáil of 30th July, 2020, for the first round of debate on Second Stage of a Government Bill, not exceeding 210 minutes;

- 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;

(ii) in the event a division is demanded on the Second Stage proceedings of any Bill to be taken, it shall be taken immediately prior to Committee Stage of the Bill; and

(iii) the sitting shall be suspended for 30 minutes immediately prior to taking the last Bill.

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