Mary O'Rourke (Fianna Fail)

The Order of Business is Nos. 1 and 2. No. 1, motion re the establishment of a mutual information procedure on asylum and immigration, is a referral motion whereby the subject matter of No. 14 on today's Order Paper is being referred to the Joint Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and Women's Rights for consideration. This proposal will establish a web-based mutual information procedure or network through which member states will be required to communicate to other member states and the Commission measures they intend to take in the area of asylum and immigration. The measures covered in the area of asylum and immigration include draft legislation at the latest when it is presented to the Houses of the Oireachtas, draft international agreements at the latest when initiated and court judgments when delivered. The motion will be taken without debate.

No. 2 is the Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005 — Order for Second Stage and Second Stage, to be taken on the conclusion of the Order of Business and to conclude not later than 6.15 p.m., with the contributions of spokespersons not to exceed 20 minutes, those of other Senators not to exceed 12 minutes and the Minister to be called upon to reply not later than five minutes before the conclusion of Second Stage.