Mary O'Rourke (Fianna Fail)

The Order of Business is No. 1, motion re establishment of the all-party committee on the Constitution as a joint committee of both Houses of the Oireachtas to enable the committee, which has been examining the issue of property rights, to hold public hearings and have such hearings covered by privilege, as was the case in May 2000 when it was formally constituted as a joint committee of both Houses of the Oireachtas to facilitate public hearings on the medical aspects of the abortion issue, to be taken without debate; No. 2, Taxi Regulation Bill 2003 – Committee Stage, to be taken at the conclusion of the Order of Business and conclude not later than 4.15 p.m.; No. 3, Digital Hub Development Agency Bill 2002 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]– Report and Final Stages, to be taken at 4.15 p.m. and conclude not later than 5 p.m.; No. 4, Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Bill 2002 – Committee Stage, to be taken at 5 p.m. and conclude not later than 7 p.m.