Mary O'Rourke (Fianna Fail)

The Order of Business is Nos. 1 to 3, inclusive, motions referred to the Joint Committee on Health and Children, which has completed its discussions thereon, to be taken without debate; No. 4, motion re the inclusion of additional institutions to the Schedule of the Residential Institutions Redress Act 2002. The inclusion of additional institutions will enable persons, who in their childhood were abused at those facilities, to submit an application for redress to the Residential Institutions Redress Board. Additions made to the Schedule as soon as possible will allow applicants a reasonable period to submit their applications before the closing date of December 2005. The Minister for Education and Science briefed the education spokespersons on this matter following completion of the Grangegorman Development Agency Bill 2005 on Tuesday. The motion will be taken without debate; No. 5, the Garda Síochána Bill 2005 — Report Stage (resumed) and Final Stage, to be taken on the conclusion of the Order of Business until 1.30 p.m.; No. 6, the Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2005 — Committee and Remaining Stages, to be taken at 2.30 p.m. and to conclude not later than 5 p.m.; No. 7, motion re Planning and Development Regulations 2005, to be taken immediately on the conclusion of No. 6 or at 5 p.m. if No. 6 has not concluded earlier. The contribution of each group or spokesperson will be ten minutes; and No. 8, the Civil Registration (Amendment) Bill 2005 — Order for Second Stage and All Stages, to be taken on the conclusion of No. 7, or at 6 p.m. if No. 7 has not concluded earlier, and to conclude not later than 8 p.m. The contributions of spokespersons on Second Stage will be ten minutes and those of other Senators will be six minutes with the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children to be called on to reply not later than five minutes before the conclusion of Second Stage. There will be a sos between 1.30 p.m. and 2.30 p.m.