Mary O'Rourke (Fianna Fail)

The Order of Business today is No. 1, a referral motion whereby the subject matter of motion No. 20 on today's Order Paper is being referred to the Joint Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and Women's Rights for discussion — the proposal is for a directive to create a specific procedure for admitting third country nationals for the purposes of carrying out scientific research — which will be taken without debate; and No. 2, Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Bill 2003 — Committee Stage, to be taken at the conclusion of the Order of Business until 7 p.m.