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

I move:

Tuesday's business shall be:

- Motion reProposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the terms of the Comprehensive Agreement in the field of Air Transport between the Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the European Union (without debate)

- Motion reReport of the Committee on Standing Orders and Dáil Reform on Rota for Leaders’ Questions (without debate)

- Gambling Regulation Bill 2022 (Second Stage) (to be interrupted either at 7 p.m., or 3 hours and 55 minutes after the conclusion of the Motion re Report of the Committee on Standing Orders and Dáil Reform, whichever is the later: Provided that if the Bill concludes within the allotted time, private members' business will be taken forthwith)

Private Members' Business shall be the Motion reBuilding Defects, selected by Sinn Féin.

Wednesday’s business shall be:

- Motions for Supplementary Estimates for Public Services [Votes 5, 12, 13, 14, 17, 26, 32, 33, 38 and 45] (to be moved together and decided without debate by one question)

- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2022 – Motion for a Financial Resolution (without debate and any division claimed shall be taken immediately prior to Committee Stage of the Bill on Wednesday)

- Statements pre-European Council meeting of 15^th – 16^thDecember 2022, pursuant to Standing Order 124 (not to exceed 110 mins)

- Motion to Instruct the Committee on the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022 (to conclude within 60 mins and any division claimed shall be taken immediately prior to Report Stage of the Bill on Wednesday)

- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2022 (Committee and remaining Stages) (to be taken no earlier than 5 p.m. and to conclude within 60 minutes)

- Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019 (Report and Final Stages) (to conclude within 2 hours)

- Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022 (Report and Final Stages)(to conclude within 60 minutes)

Private Members' Business shall be the Motion reTeacher Shortages, selected by the Social Democrats.

Thursday’s business shall be:

- Motion reProposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the opt-in under Article 3 of Protocol 21 to the TFEU (to conclude within 55 minutes)

- Water Environment (Abstractions and Associated Impoundments) Bill 2022 [Seanad] (Second Stage)(to conclude at the end of the first round and any division claimed to be taken immediately prior to Committee Stage)

Thursday evening business shall be Second Stage of the Dublin Bay Bill 2021 (sponsored by Deputy Ivana Bacik).

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 is modified to the following extent:

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

(ii) Parliamentary Questions to the Taoiseach pursuant to Standing Order 46(1) shall not be taken and Government business shall commence at the time when Parliamentary Questions to the Taoiseach would normally be taken; and

(iii) If not previously concluded, the proceedings on Government business may be interrupted later than 6.12 p.m., and shall in any event be interrupted either at 7 p.m., or 3 hours and 55 minutes after the conclusion of the Motion reReport of the Committee on Standing Orders and Dáil Reform, whichever is later, with consequential effect on the time for commencement of private members' business, Parliamentary Questions to the Minister for Justice and topical issues: Provided that where Government business concludes within that time, private members’ business shall be taken forthwith;

2. the Motion reProposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the terms of the Comprehensive Agreement in the field of Air Transport between the Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the European Union and its Member States shall be taken without debate; and

3. the Motion reReport of the Committee on Standing Orders and Dáil Reform on Rota for Leaders’ Questions shall be taken without debate.

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) Parliamentary Questions to the Taoiseach pursuant to Standing Order 46(1) shall not be taken, and the SOS shall be taken on the conclusion of Statements pre-European Council of 15^th- 16^thDecember 2022, pursuant to Standing Order 124, which shall be taken at the time when Parliamentary Questions to the Taoiseach would normally be taken;

(ii) Government business may continue after 8.45 p.m. in order to allow the proceedings on Report and Final Stages of the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022 to conclude; and

(iii) the weekly division time may be taken after 8.45 p.m. and shall, in any event, be taken on the conclusion of proceedings on Report and Final Stages of the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022;

2. the Motions for Supplementary Estimates for Public Services [Votes 5, 12, 13, 14, 17, 26, 32, 33, 38 and 45] shall be moved together and decided without debate by one question which shall be put from the Chair;

3. the Motion for a Financial Resolution on the Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2022 shall be taken without debate and any division claimed shall be taken immediately prior to Committee Stage of the Bill on Wednesday;

4. the Statements pre-European Council meeting of 15^th-16^thDecember, 2022, pursuant to Standing Order 124, shall not exceed 110 minutes, with arrangements in accordance with those agreed by the 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 statement in reply which shall not exceed 10 minutes, and members may share time;

5. the Motion to Instruct the Committee on the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions 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;

(ii) members may share time; and

(iii) any division claimed shall be taken immediately prior to Report Stage of the Bill on Wednesday.

6. the proceedings on Committee and remaining Stages of the Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2022 shall be taken no earlier than 5 p.m. and 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 Health;

7. the proceedings on Report and Final Stages of the Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019 shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 2 hours 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 Health; and

8. the proceedings on Report and Final Stages of the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions 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 Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth.

In relation to Thursday’s business and in relation to the questions nominated for priority pursuant to Standing Order 49 to be taken on 15^thDecember, 2022, it is proposed that:

1. the ordinary routine of business as contained in Schedule 3 to Standing Orders is modified to the extent that topical issues shall be taken on the conclusion of Government business, with consequential effect on the commencement time for Second Stage of the Dublin Bay Bill 2021 and on the time for the adjournment of the Dáil;

2. the Motion reProposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the opt-in under Article 3 of Protocol 21 to the TFEU 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 allocation of time shall be as follows:

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

- speech by 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;

3. on conclusion of the first speaking round on Second Stage of the Water Environment (Abstractions and Associated Impoundments) Bill 2022 [Seanad], a Minister or Minister of State shall be called upon to make a speech in reply, which shall not exceed 10 minutes, whereupon proceedings on Second Stage shall be brought to a conclusion; Provided that any division claimed shall be taken immediately prior to Committee Stage of the Bill; and

4. notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, the number of Questions nominated for priority pursuant to Standing Order 49 that may be taken on Thursday 15^thDecember, 2022, to the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications shall be increased to six, and the sixth question shall be allocated to the Labour Party, with the time for Questions to the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications accordingly extended for 6 minutes.

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