Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail)

I move:

That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, or in the ordinary routine of business as contained in Schedule 3 to Standing Orders, and unless the Dáil shall otherwise order, the following arrangements shall apply in relation to the sittings of the Dáil on 7th, 8th and 9th October, 2025:

(1) (a) in relation to the times of sittings, the suspension of the sitting and the adjournment of the House—

(i) the Dáil shall meet at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, and at 10.23 a.m. on Wednesday and Thursday,

(ii) subject to the provisions of Standing Orders 25(2) and 79, in relation to suspension of the sitting—

(I) on Tuesday, on the conclusion of the Budget Statements pursuant to paragraph (2)(b) of this Resolution, the sitting shall be suspended until 8 p.m.,

(II) on Wednesday, the suspension of the sitting for an hour pursuant to Standing Order 25(1) shall occur on the conclusion of Leaders' speeches pursuant to paragraph (3)(a) of this Resolution, and

(III) on Thursday, the suspension of the sitting for 40 minutes pursuant to Standing Order 25(1) shall occur on the conclusion of Questions on Policy or Legislation, or immediately following the introduction of any Bill, as appropriate, and

(iii) subject to the provisions of Standing Order 79, in relation to the adjournment of the Dáil—

(I) on Tuesday, the Dáil may sit later than 10.48 p.m. and shall adjourn on the conclusion of the weekly division time, or, where there are no deferred divisions, on the adjournment of the General Financial Resolution,

(II) on Wednesday, the Dáil shall adjourn either at 9.17 p.m., or 4 hours and 30 minutes after the conclusion of the SOS, whichever is the later, and

(III) on Thursday, the Dáil shall adjourn on the conclusion of topical issues;

(b) in relation to the ordinary routine of business—

(i) Leaders' Questions pursuant to Standing Order 38 shall not be taken on Tuesday, and shall be taken as the second item of business on Wednesday and Thursday after Oral Questions to a member of the Government other than the Taoiseach pursuant to Standing Order 47,

(ii) Other Members' Questions pursuant to Standing Order 38A shall be taken immediately following Leaders' Questions on Wednesday and Thursday,

(iii) there shall be no Order of Business pursuant to Standing Order 35 on Tuesday,

(iv) there shall be no Questions on Policy or Legislation pursuant to Standing Order 36 on Tuesday or Wednesday, and on Thursday, Questions on Policy or Legislation shall be taken immediately following Other Members' Questions,

(v) a member may move for leave to introduce a Bill in accordance with Standing Order 180(2) on Thursday only,

(vi) Oral Questions to the Taoiseach pursuant to Standing Order 47(1) shall not be taken, and on Wednesday and Thursday, a single session of Oral Questions pursuant to Standing Order 47 to another member of the Government shall be taken at 10.23 a.m.,

(vii) private members' business normally taken on Tuesday and Wednesday pursuant to Standing Orders 168(1) and 176 shall not be taken,

(viii) topical issues pursuant to Standing Order 39 shall not be taken on Tuesday or Wednesday and shall be taken on Thursday as the last item of business,

(ix) the weekly division time pursuant to Standing Order 85(2) shall be taken on Tuesday night upon the adjournment of the General Financial Resolution, and

(x) no Thursday evening business pursuant to Standing Order 168(2) shall be taken;

(c) any divisions claimed on Tuesday shall be taken immediately;

(d) Questions for written answer pursuant to Standing Order 51(2) shall appear on the Questions Paper pursuant to Standing Order 43 for all three days;

(e) no questions on private notice pursuant to Standing Order 44 may be asked; and

(f) leave may not be sought under Standing Order 42 to adjourn the Dáil on a specific and important matter of public interest;

(2) in relation to the sitting of the Dáil on Tuesday, the following arrangements shall apply:

(a) aside from the weekly division time, and subject to subparagraph (c), the business to be transacted shall be Budget Statements and Financial Motions;

(b) in relation to the Budget statements, the order of speaking and allocation of time shall be as follows:

— Minister for Finance – 45 minutes;

— Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation – 45 minutes;

— Sinn Féin – 60 minutes;

— the Labour Party, Social Democrats, the Independent and Parties Technical Group, and the Independent Technical Group – 45 minutes for each party or group; and

— the Regional Group – 45 minutes; and

all members may share their time;

(c) on the resumption of the sitting after the SOS pursuant to subparagraph (1)(a)(ii)(I), a Minister or Minister of State shall move an allocation of time motion for the Financial Motions; and

(d) the motion for the General Financial Resolution shall be moved not later than 12 midnight and the debate thereon shall stand adjourned forthwith; and

(3) in relation to the sittings of the Dáil on Wednesday and Thursday, the business to be transacted shall be the business outlined in this Resolution along with the resumed debate on the General Financial Resolution, to which the following arrangements shall apply:

(a) on Wednesday, after Other Members' Questions, Leaders' speeches shall be taken, to which the following order of speaking and allocation of time shall apply:

— Taoiseach and Tánaiste – 30 minutes each;

— Leader of the Independent Ministers – 20 minutes;

— Sinn Féin – 30 minutes;

— the Labour Party, Social Democrats, the Independent and Parties Technical Group, and the Independent Technical Group – 15 minutes for each party or group; and

— the Regional Group – 15 minutes; and

all members may share time;

(b) on Wednesday and Thursday, in relation to the resumed debate on the General Financial Resolution—

(i) apart from the Leaders' speeches, the debate shall be conducted in 135-minute speaking rounds, in accordance with the table (to be read across, not down) at the end of this Resolution, and

(ii) when there are no further members offering, the debate shall be adjourned, and in any event―

(I) on Wednesday, the debate shall be adjourned either at 9.17 p.m., or four hours and 30 minutes after the conclusion of the SOS, whichever is the later, and

(II) on Thursday, the debate shall be adjourned either at 6.42 p.m., or two hours and 25 minutes after it commences, whichever is the later; and

(c) on Thursday, Statements on World Mental Health Day shall be taken on the resumption of business following the SOS and shall not exceed 2 hours and 25 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.

	Gov	SF	Lab	Gov	SF
Mins	25	15	10	10	3
	SD	Gov	SF	IPTG	Gov
Mins	10	10	3	9	10
	SF	ITG	Gov	SF	OM
Mins	3	9	10	3	5

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