Dáil debates

Tuesday, 24 January 2023

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

 

3:05 pm

Photo of Hildegarde NaughtonHildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Tuesday's business shall be:

- Motion reProposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity (without debate)

- Motion rePresentation and Circulation of Further Revised Estimate 2023 [Vote 42] (without debate)

- Motion reReport of the Committee on Standing Orders and Dáil Reform entitled "Orders of Reference for Special Committee on Assisted Dying" (without debate)

- Statements and Q&A by the Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform (not to exceed 57 mins)

- Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022 (Second Stage) (to adjourn, if not previously concluded, after 2 hrs and 23 mins)

Private members' business shall be the Motion reForestry, selected by Sinn Féin.

Wednesday's business shall be:

- Motion reAppointment of Ordinary Member of the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (without debate)

- Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022 (Second Stage, resumed, if not previously concluded) (to adjourn, if not previously concluded, after 2 hrs 10 mins)

- Motion to Instruct the Committee on the Communications Regulation Bill 2022 (to conclude within 60 mins and any division claimed to be taken immediately prior to Report Stage of the Bill)

- Communications Regulation Bill 2022 (Report and Final Stages) (if not previously concluded, to adjourn after 2 hrs and 30 mins or at 8.30 p.m., whichever is the later)

Private members' business shall be the Motion reInshore Fishing, selected by the Rural Independent Group.

Thursday's business shall be:

- Statements on Ireland's Forestry Strategy (not to exceed 210 mins)

- Statements on Interim Report on Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (not to exceed 210 mins)

Thursday evening business shall be Second Stage of the Parental Bereavement Leave (Amendment) Bill 2021, sponsored by Deputy Réada Cronin.

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

(ii) the time at which Government business is interrupted shall be in accordance with the arrangements for the Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022, which shall have consequential effect on the commencement time for private members' business and oral Parliamentary Questions to the Minister for Finance; and

(iii) the time for Parliamentary Questions to the Minister for Finance shall be extended by six minutes, with consequential effect on the commencement time for topical issues; 2. the Motion reProposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity shall be taken without debate;

3. the Motion rePresentation and Circulation of Further Revised Estimate [Vote 42] shall be taken without debate;

4. the Motion reReport of the Committee on Standing Orders and Dáil Reform entitled "Orders of Reference for Special Committee on Assisted Dying" shall be taken without debate;

5. the Statements and Q&A by the Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform shall not exceed 57 minutes, and the contributions shall consist of an opening statement by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform which shall not exceed 10 minutes, followed by 6 minutes each for Opposition parties and groups for questions and answers, and the Minister shall be called upon to make a statement in response which shall not exceed 5 minutes; and

6. in relation to the proceedings on the second reading motion on the Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022, the following arrangements shall apply: (i) if not previously concluded, the proceedings shall be interrupted and stand adjourned either at 7.10 p.m. or after 2 hours and 23 minutes of debate, whichever is the later; and

(ii) the proceedings shall not be resumed on Tuesday. In relation to Wednesday's business:

1. it is proposed that the ordinary routine of business as contained in Schedule 3 to Standing Orders shall be modified to the extent that the weekly division time shall be taken on the adjournment or conclusion of Report and Final Stages of the Communications Regulation Bill 2022, whichever is the earlier, with consequential effect on the time for the adjournment of the Dáil;

2. the Motion reAppointment of Ordinary Member to the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission shall be taken without debate;

3. the proceedings on the resumed second reading motion of the Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022 shall, if not previously concluded, stand adjourned either at 5 p.m. or after 2 hours and 10 minutes of debate, whichever is the later, and shall not be resumed on Wednesday;

4. the Motion to instruct the Committee on the Communications Regulation Bill 2022 shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 60 minutes, and shall be confined to a single speaking round, with the contributions of a Minister and of a spokesperson for Sinn Féin, the Labour Party, Social Democrats, People-Before-Profit Solidarity, the Regional Group, the Rural Independent Group, and the Independent Group (which shall be taken in that order) not exceeding 7.5 minutes each, and members may share time; Provided that any division claimed shall be taken immediately prior to Report Stage of the Bill, but in any event, no earlier than 5.30 p.m.; and

5. the proceedings on Report and Final Stages of the Communications Regulation Bill 2022 shall— (i) be taken on the conclusion of proceedings on the motion to instruct the Committee on the Bill, but in any event, no earlier than 5.30 p.m.,

(ii) if not previously concluded, be interrupted at either 8.30 p.m. or 2 hours and 30 minutes after the conclusion of proceedings on the motion to instruct the Committee, whichever is the later, and

(iii) shall not be resumed on Wednesday. In relation to Thursday's business:

1. the ordinary of business as contained in Schedule 3 to Standing Orders shall be modified to the following extent: (i) the Dáil shall meet at 8.54 a.m.;

(ii) the Dáil shall sit later than 9.27 p.m.;

(iii) the time for Parliamentary Questions to the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage shall be extended by six minutes; and

(iv) in order to allow the Statements on the Interim Report on Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services to conclude, Government business shall not be interrupted at 7.24 p.m., and topical issues shall be taken on the conclusion of those statements, with consequential effect on the commencement time for Second Stage of the Parental Bereavement Leave (Amendment) Bill 2021; 2. the Statements on Ireland's Forestry Strategy shall not exceed 210 minutes, with arrangements in accordance with those agreed by Order of the Dáil of 30thJuly 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; and

3. the Statements on the Interim Report on Child Adolescent Mental Health Services shall not exceed 210 minutes, with arrangements in accordance with those agreed by Order of the Dáil of 30thJuly 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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