Mary O'Rourke (Fianna Fail)

The Order of Business is Nos. a1, 1 to 3, inclusive, and 25, motion 19. No. a1 is a motion in respect of the referral of the report of the independent commission of inquiry into the bombing of Kay's Tavern in Dundalk to the Joint Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and Women's Rights for consideration, to be taken without debate; No. 1, Investment Funds, Companies and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2006 — Order for Second Stage and Second Stage, to be taken on the conclusion of the Order of Business until 1.30 p.m.; No. 2, the Institutes of Technology Bill 2006 — Second Stage, to be taken at 2 p.m. and to conclude not later than 5 p.m.; No. 3,the Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2006 — Second Stage, to be taken at 7.15 p.m. and to conclude at 9.30 p.m.; and No. 25, motion 19, to be taken from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. In the case of Nos. 1, 2 and 3, spokespersons have 15 minutes and other Senators ten minutes, and the Minister will be called upon to reply not later than ten minutes before the conclusion of Second Stage. There will be a sos from 1.30 p.m. to 2.30 p.m.

No. a1 on the Supplementary Order Paper is the fourth and final report from the independent commission of inquiry. Previous reports covered the Dublin and Monaghan bombings of 1974, the Dublin bombings of 1972 and 1973 and the murder of Seamus Ludlow. The main focus of this report is the bombing of Kay's Tavern in Dundalk in 1976 in which two men, Hugh Waters and Jack Rooney, were killed. It also makes reference to other attacks by loyalist paramilitaries in the same period which the judge deems relevant in providing a broader context for his findings.