Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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I move:

Tuesday's business shall be:

-Motion to Instruct the Committee on the Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025 (without debate and any division claimed to be taken immediately)

-Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks (Amendment) Bill 2025 (Second Stage) (to conclude within 3 hours and 34 minutes)

Tuesday's private members' business shall be the Motion re Irish Coast Guard Search and Rescue Services, selected by Sinn Féin.

Wednesday's business shall be:

-Statements on Energy Costs (to adjourn after 2 hours and 15 minutes)

-Statements on the Housing Plan (not to exceed 2 hours and 25 minutes)

-National Training Fund (Amendment) Bill 2025 (Report and Final Stages) (to commence no earlier than 7 p.m. and to conclude within 1 hour)

-Social Welfare and Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System (Amendment) Bill 2025 (Report and Final Stages) (to conclude within 2 hours)

-Motion re Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Planning and Development Act 2024 (Modifications) Regulations 2025 (back from Committee) (to conclude within 60 minutes and any division claimed to be taken immediately)

-Motion for a Further Revised Estimate for Public Services 2025 [Vote 29] (back from Committee) (without debate and any division claimed to be taken immediately)

-Motions for Supplementary Estimates for Public Services [Votes 7, 9, 11, 13, 14, 17, 18, 26, 28, 30 to 34, 36 to 38, 40, 42 and 45] (back from Committee) (without debate) (to be moved together and decided by one question; any division claimed to be taken immediately)

-Motion re Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Credit Institutions (Financial Support) (Revocation) Scheme 2025 (without debate and any division claimed to be taken immediately)

-Motion re Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Revocation) Scheme 2025 (without debate and any division claimed to be taken immediately)

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

Wednesday's private members' business shall be the Motion re Trans Healthcare, selected by the Labour Party.

Thursday's business shall be the Second Stage of Irish Film Board (Amendment) Bill 2025 [Seanad] (to conclude within 3 hours and 34 minutes).

Thursday evening business shall be the Second Stage of the Just Transition (Worker and Community Environmental Rights) Bill 2021, sponsored by Deputy Jennifer Whitmore.

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 time allocated to Government business shall be extended in accordance with the arrangements for that business and the Dáil may sit later than 10.48 p.m.;

(b) Leaders’ Questions pursuant to Standing Order 38 shall not be taken;

(c) there shall be no Questions on Policy or Legislation pursuant to Standing Order 36;

(d) Oral Parliamentary Questions to the Taoiseach pursuant to Standing Order 47(1) shall not be taken;

(e) private members’ business may be taken later than 6.12 p.m. and shall in any event be taken on the conclusion of the Second Stage of the Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks (Amendment) Bill 2025;

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

(g) the Questions to the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science pursuant to Standing Order 47(1) which were to be taken on Tuesday, shall be taken on Thursday, 11th December, 2025, without any change to the allocation of priority Questions to the Minister and not otherwise affecting the current sequence of Ministers or rota for priority Questions as ordered by the House; and

(h) topical issues pursuant to Standing Order 39 shall not be taken and the Dáil shall adjourn on the conclusion of private members’ business;

(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) the SOS pursuant to Standing Order 25(1) shall be taken immediately following Taoiseach’s Oral Parliamentary Questions pursuant to Standing Order 47(1), which shall be taken at the time when the SOS would normally be taken;

(c) in the event the Statements on the Housing Plan conclude before 7 p.m., the sitting shall stand suspended until 7 p.m. when the order of business shall resume with the National Training Fund (Amendment) Bill 2025;

(d) any motions to be taken without debate shall be taken on the conclusion of the Motion re Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Planning and Development Act 2024 (Modification) Regulations 2025; and

(e) 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;

(a) 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

(b) 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

(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	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

(a) the order of speaking and allocation of time shall be as follows:-

‒opening speech by a Minister or Minister of State – 10 minutes;

‒speeches by representatives of Sinn Féin, the Labour Party, Social Democrats, Independent and Parties Technical Group, and Independent Technical Group – 7.5 minutes per party or group;

‒speeches by Other Members – 7.5 minutes in total; and

‒a speech in response by the Minister – 5 minutes;

(b) members may share time; and

(c) any division claimed thereon shall be taken immediately;

(a) the motions shall be moved together and decided by one question;

(b) the proceedings thereon shall be taken without debate; and

(c) any division claimed thereon shall be taken immediately;

(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; 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

Verona Murphy (Wexford, Independent)
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Are the proposed arrangements for the week's business agreed?

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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Not agreed.

Verona Murphy (Wexford, Independent)
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I call on Deputy Mac Lochlainn.

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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We have the defective block amendment legislation this evening. We have waited over a year for what was a simple amendment. It took a crazy amount of time. We only got sight of the actual published legislation at 10 a.m., which was hours before we were supposed to debate it. That is not an acceptable way to do business on such a serious matter.

I also want to object about the housing statements. There is not enough time for them. I ask that they continue into next week.

Conor Sheehan (Limerick City, Labour)
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I concur with what Deputy Mac Lochlainn said about the defective concrete block amendment Bill. The further amendments were only published at 3.30 p.m. We also need more time for statements on the housing plan.

Cian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats)
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I agree with the comments by Deputy Mac Lochlainn. That is unacceptable.

On the occupied territories Bill, there were media reports at the weekend saying it is being scrapped. The Tánaiste then said those reports were not true. He had promised that the Bill would be brought to the House by the end of November but we have not seen it. There was a promise during the election that it would be passed. When are we going to see the occupied territories Bill?

Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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In relation to the defective block legislation, I was only made aware today that it had not been circulated to Members until 10 a.m. That is not a matter I can control, but I heard it was only circulated at 10 a.m. All I can do is apologise. I do not know why that was the case. It is not normally the case. That is the first thing I will say. We are taking Second Stage of the remediation legislation this evening. There is quite a lot of time allowed for it, 204 minutes plus ten minutes' wrap, which is over three and a half hours. The amendments will not be discussed until the following week. The amendments are not being taken during this debate, so I propose we continue. This is a really important piece of legislation. We want to have it done before Christmas so that it can be enacted as soon as possible. It was not published and I do not know why Members did not receive it before 10 a.m., but I will try to find out. All I can do is apologise in that regard. Notwithstanding that, I ask for Members' forbearance.

In respect of the occupied territories Bill, the Minister, Deputy McEntee, answered questions on the floor of the House last week. She made it clear what her response was and articulated that she was proceeding with the Bill.

On expanding various different sittings, I can only work with the Ministers and the situation is clear. One of them is adjourned until tomorrow and one will be completed.

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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Is it the housing one that is adjourned?

Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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No, the other one, about energy costs.