Donie Cassidy (Fianna Fail)

The Order of Business is No. 1, motion re Standing Orders of Seanad Éireann Relative to Public Business, to be taken without debate at the conclusion of the Order of Business; No. 2, motion re Joint Committee on European Affairs, to be taken without debate at the conclusion of No. 1; No. 3, motion re Joint Committee on European Scrutiny, to be taken without debate at the conclusion of No. 2; No. 4, motion re Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Women's Rights, to be taken without debate at the conclusion of No. 3; No. 5, motion re powers of national parliaments under the Lisbon treaty, to be taken without debate at the conclusion of No. 4; No. 6, motion re draft Commission of Investigation (Banking Sector) (Amendment) Order 2010, to be taken without debate at the conclusion of No. 5; No. 7, motion re agreement between the European Union and the USA on the processing and transfer of financial messaging data for the purposes of the Terrorist Finance Tracking Programme, back from committee, to be taken without debate at the conclusion of No. 6; and No. 8, statements on the EU-IMF programme for Ireland and the National Recovery Plan 2011-2014, to be taken at the conclusion of No. 7 and conclude not later than 3 p.m., on which spokespersons may speak for 12 minutes and all other Senators for ten minutes and Senators may share time, by agreement of the House, with the Minister to be called upon ten minutes before the conclusion of the debate for closing comments and to take questions from leaders or spokespersons. Nos. 1 to 5, inclusive, provide for technical amendments providing for (1) the incorporation into Standing Orders of existing arrangements for the exercise by the House of its scrutiny role under the Lisbon treaty and (2) continuity in that role following the dissolution of the Dáil and the subsequent Seanad Éireann general election until such time as the Houses have had an opportunity to establish a new committee system.