Mary O'Rourke (Fianna Fail)

The Order of Business is No. 2, Official Languages (Equality) Bill 2002 – Committee Stage (resumed), to be taken on the conclusion of the Order of Business until 1.30 p.m.; No. 3, Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003 (Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil) – Report and Final Stages, to be taken on the conclusion of No. 2 or at 1.30 p.m., if No. 2 is not concluded earlier, and to be concluded not later than 2.30 p.m.; No. 4, motion for earlier Signature of the Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003 (Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil), to be taken immediately without debate on the conclusion of No. 3; and Nos. 5 and 6 are to be taken together for the purposes of debate on the conclusion of No. 4. Nos. 5 and 6 relate to the appointment, by the President, of Ms Emily O'Reilly to the offices of Ombudsman and Information Commissioner. The Minister for Finance, Deputy McCreevy, will open the debate, with the contributions of spokespersons not to exceed five minutes. The debate will be of 40 minutes duration, the same length of time accorded to it in the Dáil.