Maurice Cummins (Fine Gael)

The Order of Business is: No. 1, a procedural motion to extend the number of matters that can be taken on the Adjournment to four, to be taken without debate. That was a recommendation from the Committee on Procedure and Privileges. We will have four Adjournment motions each day rather than three, with contributions to be four minutes from the proposer of the motion and four minutes from the Minister in reply. That is an improvement that will be welcomed by everyone; No. 12, motion 1, is an all-party motion initiated by Senator John Crown regarding the detention by Bahraini authorities of health care professionals, which will be taken without debate; No. 2, statements on the 20 year strategy for the Irish language, to be taken after the Order of Business, to conclude at 2 p.m., with the contribution of each spokesperson not to exceed ten minutes and every other Senator not to exceed eight minutes, and the Minister to be called upon to conclude no later than 1.50 p.m.; No. 3, the Biological Weapons Bill 2010 - Committee and Remaining Stages, to be taken at 2 p.m. We agreed yesterday that we would take the Bill as there are just two procedural amendments from the Government to be tabled on Committee Stage and we should conclude in a short time.