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

I move:

Tuesday's business shall be: - Motion reReport of the Committee on Standing Orders and Dáil Reform entitled “Orders of Reference for Joint Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community” (without debate)

- Motion reProposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Planning and Development Act (Exempted Development) Regulations 2023 (without debate)

- Motion reProposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Planning and Development (Section 181) Regulations 2023 (without debate)

- Motion reProposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Planning and Development (Street Furniture Fees) Regulations 2023 (without debate)

- Motion reProposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (Exempted Development) (No. X) Regulations 2023 (without debate)

- Motion reProposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (Exempted Development) (No. Y) Regulations 2023 (without debate) Private Members' business shall be Second Stage of the Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023, selected by Sinn Féin.

Wednesday's business shall be:

- Statements on the CSO Sexual Violence Survey 2022 (not to exceed 210 minutes)

- Social Welfare (Child Benefit) Bill 2023 (Second and remaining Stages) (Second Stage to conclude after 1 hr 55 minutes and any division claimed to be taken immediately prior to Committee Stage but no earlier than 7 p.m.; Committee and remaining Stages to be taken no earlier than 7 p.m. and to conclude within 90 minutes)

Private Members' business shall be the Motion re Targeted Investment in the Health Service, selected by the Independent Group.

Thursday's business shall be Statements on the Consultative Forum on International Security Policy (not to exceed 210 minutes).

Thursday evening business shall be the Motion reReport entitled “Issues impacting Dog Welfare in Ireland”.

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) parliamentary questions to the Taoiseach pursuant to Standing Order 46(1) shall not be taken and, in accordance with the Order of the Dáil of 25th April, 2023, oral parliamentary questions to the Minister for Defence shall be taken for 90 minutes at the time when parliamentary questions to the Taoiseach would normally be taken; and

(ii) private Members' business shall be taken on the conclusion of oral parliamentary questions to the Minister for Defence, with consequential effect on the commencement time for the items following in the ordinary routine of business, namely, parliamentary questions to the Minister for Education and topical issues, and on the time for the adjournment of the Dáil;

2.the Motion reReport of the Committee on Standing Orders and Dáil Reform entitled “Orders of Reference for Joint Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community” shall be taken without debate;

3. the Motion reProposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Planning and Development Act (Exempted Development) Regulations 2023 shall be taken without debate;

4. the Motion reProposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Planning and Development (Section 181) Regulations 2023 shall be taken without debate;

5. the Motion reProposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Planning and Development (Street Furniture Fees) Regulations 2023 shall be taken without debate;

6. the Motion reProposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (Exempted Development) (No. X) Regulations 2023 shall be taken without debate;

7. the Motion reProposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (Exempted Development) (No. Y) Regulations 2023 shall be taken without debate; and

8. notwithstanding anything in Standing Order 170(2), the proceedings on Second Stage of the Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023 shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after two hours. 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;

(ii)the sitting shall be suspended pursuant to Standing Order 25(1) at the time when parliamentary questions to the Taoiseach would normally be taken, with consequential effect on the commencement time for Government business; and

(iii)the weekly division time shall be taken on the conclusion of proceedings on the Social Welfare (Child Benefit) Bill 2023, with consequential effect on the time for the adjournment of the Dáil;

2. the Statements on the CSO Sexual Violence Survey 2022 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; and

3. in relation to the Social Welfare (Child Benefit) Bill 2023, the following arrangements shall apply:

(i) on the proceedings on Second Stage, speeches 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 on Second Stage, save that the times shall be halved in each case, and on the conclusion of the round, 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; and

(ii) the proceedings on Committee and remaining Stages shall be taken no earlier than 7 p.m. and 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 Social Protection.

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 extent that topical issues shall be taken on the conclusion of the Statements on the Consultative Forum on International Security Policy, with consequential effect on the commencement time for the Motion reCommittee Report entitled “Issues impacting Dog Welfare in Ireland” and on the time for the adjournment of the Dáil; and

2. the proceedings on the Statements on the Consultative Forum on International Security Policy 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.

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