John Dardis (Progressive Democrats)

The Order of Business is No. 1, a referral motion whereby the subject matter of No. 25 on the Order Paper, which concerns an order which will come into effect on 1 May 2007 to refine the class of media mergers which must be notified to the Competition Authority and to revoke the Competition Act 2002 (Section 18(5)) Order 2002 (SI 622 of 2002) which is in operation since 1 January 2003, is being referred without debate to the Joint Committee on Enterprise and Small Business for consideration; No. 2, a referral motion whereby the subject matter of No. 23 on the Order Paper, which concerns a ministerial order which is required to allow the Dublin Docklands Development Authority to prepare a draft planning scheme for the Poolbeg area of the docklands, section 25 of the Dublin Docklands Development Authority Act 1997 providing for the preparation by the authority, and the approval by the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, of planning schemes for parts of the Dublin docklands area, is being referred without debate to the Joint Committee on Environment and Local Government for consideration; No. 3, Health Bill 2006 — Report and Final Stages, to be taken on the conclusion of the Order of Business and to conclude no later than 12 p.m.; No. 4, Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2007 — Report and Final Stages, to be taken at 12 p.m. and to conclude no later than 1 p.m.; No. 5, motion for earlier signature of the Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2007, to be taken immediately and without debate on the conclusion of No. 4; No. 6, Finance Bill 2007 — Report and Final Stages, to be taken at 1.30 p.m. and to conclude no later than 3.30 p.m.; and No. 7, motion for earlier signature of the Finance Bill 2007, to be taken immediately and without debate on the conclusion of No. 6. There will be a sos from 1 p.m. to 1.30 p.m.