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

I move:

Tuesday's business shall be:

-Motion reProtocol and arrangements for President Metsola’s address to a Joint Sitting of both Houses of the Oireachtas (without debate)

-Statements post European Council meeting of 15-16 December 2022 pursuant to Standing Order 124 (not to exceed 130 mins, including 20 mins Q&A)

Private members' business shall be the Motion reChild and Adolescent Mental Health Services, selected by Sinn Féin.

Wednesday's business shall be:

-Motion rePresentation and Circulation of Further Revised Estimate [Vote 11] (without debate)

-Motion reCommittee consideration of Estimates for Public Services 2023 (without debate)

-Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022 (Second Stage) (if not previously concluded, to be interrupted either at 4 p.m. or 1 hr and 9 mins after the conclusion of the SOS, whichever is the later)

-Oil Emergency Contingency and Transfer of Renewable Transport Fuels Functions Bill 2023 (Report and Final Stages) (to be taken no earlier than 4 p.m.)

-Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022 (Report and Final Stages)

-Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022 (Report and Final Stages) (if not previously concluded, to adjourn 4 hours and 30 mins after the commencement of the Oil Emergency Contingency and Transfer of Renewable Transport Fuels Functions Bill 2023)

Private members' business shall be the Motion reLocal Ringfencing of Council Development Levies, selected by the Independent Group.

On the resumption of the Dáil on Thursday following the joint sitting for the purposes of an address by H.E. Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament, the business shall be:

- Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022 (Second Stage, resumed if not previously concluded) (if not previously concluded, to stand adjourned at 5.30 p.m.)

Thursday evening business shall be the Motion reReport entitled “Report on the Summer Programme 2023” by the Joint Committee on Autism.

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 extent that private members' business may be taken earlier than 6.12 p.m. and shall, in any event, be taken on the conclusion of Government business, with consequential effect on the commencement time for Parliamentary Questions to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and topical issues, and on the time for the adjournment of the Dáil;

2. the Motion reProtocol and arrangements for President Metsola’s address to a Joint Sitting of both Houses of the Oireachtas shall be taken without debate; and

3. the following arrangements shall apply in relation to the Statements post European Council meeting of 15-16 December 2022 pursuant to Standing Order 124:

(i) the statements shall consist of a single round, which shall not exceed 100 minutes, with arrangements in accordance with those agreed by Order of the Dáil of 30^thJuly, 2020, for that time, followed by questions and answers which shall not exceed 20 minutes;

(ii) following the questions and answers, a Minister or Minister of State shall be called upon to make a statement in reply which shall not exceed 10 minutes; and

(iii) members may share time.

In relation to Wednesday’s business: 1. 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 either the conclusion or adjournment of proceedings on the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022, with consequential effect on the time for the adjournment of the Dáil;

2. the Motion rePresentation and Circulation of Further Revised Estimate [Vote 11] shall be taken without debate;

3. the Motion reCommittee consideration of Estimates for Public Services 2023 shall be taken without debate;

4. the proceedings on Second Stage of the Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022, shall, if not previously concluded, be interrupted and stand adjourned either at 4 p.m. or 1 hour and 9 minutes after the conclusion of the SOS, whichever is the later, and the Bill shall not be resumed on Wednesday;

5. the proceedings on Report and Final Stages of the Oil Emergency Contingency and Transfer of Renewable Transport Fuels Functions Bill 2023 shall be taken no earlier than 4 p.m.; and

6. the proceedings on Report and Final Stages of the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022 shall, if not previously concluded, be interrupted and stand adjourned 4 hours and 30 minutes after the commencement of proceedings on the Oil Emergency Contingency and Transfer of Renewable Transport Fuels Functions Bill 2023. In relation to Thursday's business: 1. subject to any further Resolution of the Dáil in relation to a joint sitting, the ordinary routine of business as contained in Schedule 3 to Standing Orders shall be modified to the following extent:

(i) there shall be no SOS pursuant to Standing Order 25(1);

(ii) the proceedings on Government business shall, if not previously concluded, be interrupted and stand adjourned at 5.30 p.m.;

(iii) topical issues pursuant to Standing Order 37 shall be taken either at 5.30 p.m. or on the conclusion of Government business, whichever is the earlier;

(iv) the Motion reReport entitled “Report on Summer Programme 2023" shall be taken on the conclusion of topical issues and shall, notwithstanding the Order of the Dáil of 10^thSeptember, 2020, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 120 minutes; and

(v) the Dáil shall adjourn on the conclusion of the Motion reReport entitled “Report on Summer Programme 2023" until 2 p.m. on Wednesday, 8^thFebruary, 2023; and

2. the speaking arrangements as provided for in Standing Order 102 shall apply to the proceedings on the Motion reReport entitled ‘Report on the Summer Programme 2023’ and Senator Micheál Carrigy may attend and be heard during the proceedings.

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