Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail)

I move:

Announcement of Business for the Week:Tuesday's business shall be:

- Motion re Referral to Joint Committee of Planning and Development (Exempted Development (Act of 2000)) Regulations 2025 (without debate; any division claimed to be taken immediately) - Housing Finance Agency (Amendment) Bill 2025 (Second Stage) (to conclude within 3 hours 34 mins; any division claimed to be taken immediately prior to Committee Stage on Wednesday)

Tuesday's private members' business shall be the Motion re Cost of Disability, selected by Sinn Féin.

Wednesday's business shall be:

- Statements on Tillage (not to exceed 3 hours 32 mins)

- Budget Debate [Financial Resolution No. 5, resumed] (rolling sequence of 135-minute speaking rounds, to adjourn either at 7 p.m. or after 2 hours 15 mins, whichever is the later)

- Housing Finance Agency (Amendment) Bill 2025 (Committee and remaining Stages) (to commence no earlier than 7 p.m. and to conclude within 3 hours)

- Further Revised Estimate for Public Services 2025 [Vote 34] (back from Committee) (without debate; any division claimed to be taken immediately)

- Motion re Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Planning and Development (Exempted Development (Act of 2000)) Regulations 2025 (back from Committee) (without debate; any division claimed to be taken immediately)

Wednesday's private members' business shall be the Motion re Reform of the Defective Concrete Redress Scheme, selected by Independent and Parties Technical Group.

Thursday's business shall be the Second Stage of the National Training Fund (Amendment) Bill 2025 (if not previously concluded, to adjourn after 3 hours and 24 minutes).

Thursday evening business shall be the Education (Amendment) Bill 2024, sponsored by Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú.

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:

(a) the Dáil may sit later than 10.48 p.m.;

(b) the time allotted for Government Business shall be extended in accordance with the arrangements for that business, with consequential effect on the commencement time for private members' business, which may be taken later than 6.12 p.m.; and

(c) private members’ time shall in any event be taken on the conclusion of the Second Stage of the Housing Finance Agency (Amendment) Bill 2025, with consequential effect on the commencement times for the items following in the ordinary routine of business, namely, Parliamentary Questions to the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, and topical issues;

2. the proceedings on the Motion re Referral to Joint Committee of Planning and Development (Exempted Development (Act of 2000)) Regulations 2025 shall be taken without debate and any division claimed thereon shall be taken immediately;

3. the proceedings on the Second Stage of the Housing Finance Agency (Amendment) Bill 2025 shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 3 hours and 34 minutes and the following arrangements shall apply thereto:

(a) the arrangements for the first speaking round shall be in accordance with those contained in the table immediately below (to be read across, not down);

(b) on the conclusion of the first speaking round or where speeches conclude before the 3 hours and 24 minutes have elapsed and no other member is offering, a Minister or Minister of State shall be called upon to make a speech in reply which shall not exceed 10 minutes, whereupon proceedings shall be brought to a conclusion; Provided that any division claimed on the Second Stage proceedings shall be taken immediately prior to Committee Stage on Wednesday; and

(c) members may share time.

	Gov	SF	Lab	Gov	SF
Mins	20	20	20	12	4
	SD	Gov	SF	IPTG	Gov
Mins	20	12	4	20	12
	SF	ITG	Gov	SF	OM
Mins	4	20	12	4	20

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:

(a) the time allotted for Government Business shall be extended in accordance with the arrangements for that business and the Dáil may sit later than 9.30 p.m.;

(b) in the event that the Budget Debate [Financial Resolution No. 5, resumed] concludes before 7 p.m., the sitting shall stand suspended until 7 p.m., when the order of business shall resume with the Housing Finance Agency (Amendment) Bill 2025;

(c) any motions to be taken without debate shall be taken on the conclusion of proceedings on the Housing Finance Agency (Amendment) Bill 2025; and

(d) the weekly division time shall be taken on the conclusion of proceedings on any motions without debate, and the Dáil shall adjourn on the conclusion of the weekly division time;

2. the Statements on Tillage shall not exceed 3 hours and 32 minutes and the order of speaking and allocation of time shall be as follows:

(a) 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);

(b) 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

(c) members may share time;

	Gov	SF	Lab	Gov	SF
Mins	35	25	15	15	5
	SD	Gov	SF	IPTG	Gov
Mins	15	15	5	12	15
	SF	ITG	Gov	SF	OM
Mins	5	12	15	5	8

3. the Budget Debate [Financial Resolution No. 5, resumed] shall be conducted in 135-minute speaking rounds, in accordance with the table immediately below (to be read across, not down) and the order of speaking and allocation of time shall be as follows:

(a) the speaking slots from the last speaking round taken on Thursday, 9th October, 2025, shall be continued from the point at which they were adjourned;

(b) members may share time; and

(c) when there are no further members offering, the debate shall be adjourned, and in any event, the debate shall be adjourned either at 7 p.m., or after two hours and 15 minutes, whichever is the later;

	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

4. the proceedings on Committee and remaining Stages of the Housing Finance Agency (Amendment) Bill 2025 shall commence no earlier than 7 p.m. and shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 3 hours 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 Housing, Local Government and Heritage;

5. the proceedings on the Motion for the Further Revised Estimate for Public Services 2025 [Vote 34] shall be taken without debate and any division claimed thereon shall be taken immediately; and

6. the proceedings on the Motion re Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Planning and Development (Exempted Development (Act of 2000)) Regulations 2025 shall be taken without debate and any division demanded thereon shall be taken immediately.

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 may be taken earlier than 7.24 p.m. and shall in any event be taken on the adjournment of proceedings on the National Training Fund (Amendment) Bill 2025, or where those proceedings conclude within the available time, on the conclusion thereof, with consequential effect on the commencement time for Second Stage of the Education (Amendment) Bill 2024 and on the time for the adjournment of the Dáil; and

2. in relation to the proceedings on the Second Stage of the National Training Fund (Amendment) Bill 2025, the following arrangements shall apply:

(a) subject to subparagraph (ii), the proceedings shall, if not previously concluded, be interrupted and stand adjourned after 3 hours and 24 minutes and the order of speaking and allocation of time shall be as follows:

(i) the arrangements for the first speaking round shall be in accordance with those contained in the table immediately below (to be read across, not down);

(ii) where speeches conclude before the 3 hours and 24 minutes have elapsed and no other member is offering, a Minister or Minister of State shall be called upon to make a speech in reply which shall not exceed 10 minutes; and

(iii) members may share time; and

(b) the proceedings shall not be resumed on Thursday.

	Gov	SF	Lab	Gov	SF
Mins	20	20	20	12	4
	SD	Gov	SF	IPTG	Gov
Mins	20	12	4	20	12
	SF	ITG	Gov	SF	OM
Mins	4	20	12	4	20

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