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

I move:

Tuesday's business shall be: - Motion re Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (Exempted Development) (No. 3) Regulations 2022 and the Planning and Development (Solar Safeguarding Zone) Regulations 2022 (without debate)

- Statements on Update on Housing for All (to conclude within 210 mins) Private Members' Business shall be the Motion re Defective Concrete Products Levy, selected by Sinn Féin.

Wednesday’s business shall be: - Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022 (Second Stage, resumed)*

- Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022 (Second Stage)*

- Communications Regulation Bill 2022 (Second Stage)*

- Higher Education Authority Bill 2022 (Amendments from the Seanad) (to be taken no earlier than 7

p.m. and to conclude within 30 mins)

- Garda Síochána (Compensation) Bill 2021 [Seanad] (Report and Final Stages) (to conclude within 60 mins)

Private Members' Business shall be the Motion re the Provision of Free and Accessible Public Transport, selected by the Independent Group.

*If not previously concluded, debate shall be interrupted on any of these three Bills at Second Stage either four hours and 11 minutes after the conclusion of the SOS or at 7 p.m., whichever is the later.

Thursday’s business shall be:

- Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022 (Second Stage)

- Communications Regulation Bill 2022 (Second Stage)

- National Cultural Institutions (National Concert Hall) (Amendment) Bill 2022 (Second Stage) Thursday evening business shall be the Motion re Report entitled “Report on meeting on 27th April on the topic of GDPR”.

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) the Dáil shall sit later than 10.30 p.m.; and

(ii) the time allotted to Government business shall be extended for the purpose of allowing the Statements on Update on Housing for All to conclude, and private members’ business shall be taken on the conclusion of the statements, with consequential effect on the commencement time of Parliamentary Questions to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform and topical issues;

2. the Motion re Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (Exempted Development) (No. 3) Regulations 2022 and the Planning and Development (Solar Safeguarding Zone) Regulations 2022 shall be taken without debate; and

3. the Statements on Update on Housing for All 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. In relation to Wednesday’s business, it is proposed that: 1. the proceedings on any second reading motion of a Government Bill shall, if not previously concluded, be interrupted either at 7 p.m. or four hours and 11 minutes after the conclusion of the SOS, whichever is the later;

2. in relation to the Higher Education Authority Bill 2022, the following arrangements shall apply:

(i) the Amendments from the Seanad shall be taken either at 7 p.m., or four hours and 11 minutes following the conclusion of the SOS, 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 Education; and

3. the proceedings on Report and Final Stages of the Garda Síochána (Compensation) Bill 2021 [Seanad] 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 the ordinary routine of business as contained in Schedule 3 to Standing Orders shall be modified to the following extent: (i) if Government business is not previously concluded, the time allotted to it shall be extended until 8 p.m., with consequential effect on the commencement time of topical issues and the motion for the Committee report, and on the time for the adjournment of the Dáil, which may be later than 9.27 p.m.; and

(ii) topical issues shall be taken either at 8 p.m., or on the conclusion of Government business, whichever is the earlier.

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