Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I move:

Wednesday's business shall be:

- Motion re Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions (to be taken without debate and any division claimed to be taken immediately)

- Motion re Restoration of Bills (to be taken without debate and any division claimed to be taken immediately)

- Motion re Pre-legislative Scrutiny waiver for Ministers and Secretaries and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Bill 2025 (to be taken without debate and any division claimed to be taken immediately)

- Statements on Government's Response to Storm Éowyn (to adjourn after 3 hrs 22 mins)

Wednesday's private members' business shall be the Motion re Palestine, selected by Sinn Féin.

Thursday's business shall be:

- Statements on Government's Response to Storm Éowyn (resumed) (to conclude after 88.5 mins)

- Statements on Programme for Government (to adjourn after 3 hrs 22 mins)

Proposed arrangements:

It is proposed that:

1. until further notice in the 34th Dáil, where Standing Orders 21 and 22 require either a quorum of 10 or of 20, that quorum shall at all times be reduced to five;

2. notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, and until further notice in the 34th Dáil, the following sequence and times shall apply in relation to the speaking arrangements on private members’ time:

(i) where Sinn Féin is the sponsor

- Sinn Féin – 20 minutes

- Government ‒ 10 minutes

- Sinn Féin – 10 minutes

- all other parties and groups in Opposition – 15 minutes each

- Government ‒ 10 minutes

- Sinn Féin – 10 minutes; and

(ii) where any other party or group in Opposition is the sponsor

- Sponsor – 20 minutes

- Government – 10 minutes

- Sponsor – 10 minutes

- Sinn Féin – 20 minutes

- all other parties and groups in Opposition – 13.33 minutes each

- Government ‒ 10 minutes

- Sponsor – 10 minutes;

3. on Wednesday, 5th February, 2025, the ordinary routine of business as set out in Schedule 3 to Standing Orders is modified to the extent that, notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order 34(1)—

(i) only three Leaders' Questions pursuant to Standing Order 38 shall be taken, in the following temporary sequence: Sinn Féin, the Labour Party and Social Democrats;

(ii) Parliamentary Questions to the Taoiseach pursuant to Standing Order 47(1) shall not be taken and Government business shall commence at the time when Parliamentary Questions to the Taoiseach would normally be taken;

(iii) private members’ business may be taken later than 6.12 p.m.;

(iv) Parliamentary Questions to a Minister other than the Taoiseach pursuant to Standing Order 47(1) shall not be taken; and

(v) the Dáil shall adjourn on the conclusion of topical issues pursuant to Standing Order 39 which shall be taken on the conclusion of private members’ business;

4. the proceedings on the Motion re Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions shall be taken without debate and any division claimed thereon shall be taken immediately;

5. the proceedings on the Motion re Restoration of Bills shall be taken without debate and any division claimed thereon shall be taken immediately;

6. the proceedings on the Motion re Pre-legislative Scrutiny waiver for Ministers and Secretaries and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Bill 2025 shall be taken without debate and any division claimed thereon shall be taken immediately;

7. on Wednesday, the Statements on the Government’s response to Storm Éowyn shall be interrupted and stand adjourned after 3 hours and 22 minutes and the order of speaking and allocation of time shall be as follows:

(i) the arrangements for the statements shall be in accordance with the arrangements contained in the table immediately below (to be read across, not down); and

(ii) members may share time;

	Gov	SF	Lab	Gov	SF	SD	Gov	SF
Mins	35	25	15	15	5	15	15	5
	IPTG	Gov	SF	ITG	Gov	SF	Non-party/ group	Total
Mins	12	15	5	12	15	5	8	202

8. until further notice in the 34th Dáil, the allocation and sequence of Questions nominated for priority pursuant to Standing Order 50 shall be in accordance with the table immediately below;

Priority	Tuesday	Thursday (1)	Thursday (2)
1	SF	SF	SF
2	Lab	IPTG	Lab
3	SF	SF	SF
4	Soc Dems	ITG	Soc Dems
5	SF	SF	IPTG

9. in relation to the arrangements for Thursday, 6th February, 2025:

(i) the ordinary routine of business as contained in Schedule 3 to Standing Orders shall be modified to the following extent:

(a) the Dáil shall meet at 9.30 a.m.;

(b) Parliamentary Questions to a Minister other than the Taoiseach pursuant to Standing Order 47(1) shall not be taken and Government business shall be taken as the first item of business;

(c) topical issues pursuant to Standing Order 39 shall be taken immediately following the resumed Statements on the Government’s Response to Storm Éowyn; and

(d) only three Leaders' Questions pursuant to Standing Order 38 shall be taken, in the following temporary sequence: Sinn Féin, Independent and Parties Technical Group (IPTG), and Independent Technical Group (ITG); and

(e) no motion for a Committee report pursuant to Standing Order 111 or private member's Bill pursuant to Standing Order 169 shall be taken; and

(ii) the Dáil shall adjourn on the adjournment of the Statements on Programme for Government;

10. the resumed Statements on the Government’s response to Storm Éowyn shall not exceed 88.5 minutes and the order of speaking and allocation of time shall be as follows:

(i) the arrangements for the statements, not including the Ministerial response, shall be in accordance with the arrangements contained in the table immediately below (to be read across, not down);

(ii) following the statements, 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; and

	Gov	SF	Lab	Gov	SF
Mins	10	7.5	8	10	7.5
	SD	Gov	SF	IPTG	ITG
Mins	8	10	7.5	5	5

11. the Statements on the Programme for Government shall be interrupted and stand adjourned after 3 hours and 22 minutes and the order of speaking and allocation of time shall be as follows:

(i) the arrangements for the statements shall be in accordance with the arrangements contained in the table immediately below (to be read across, not down); and

(ii) members may share time.

	Gov	SF	Lab	Gov	SF	SD	Gov	SF
Mins	35	25	15	15	5	15	15	5
	IPTG	Gov	SF	ITG	Gov	SF	Non-party/group	Total
Mins	12	15	5	12	15	5	8	202

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