Terry Leyden (Fianna Fail)

I second the amendment to the Order of Business.

I ask the Leader if tomorrow he would consider marking the start of the 16 days of action opposing violence against women, which is organised by Women's Aid nationally but which is also an international campaign. It would be important at some stage that Members would have an opportunity tomorrow to mark this event. It is an important issue.

I will not propose a vote on the amendment to the Order of Business provided the Leader gives me an undertaking that he will allow time to discuss statutory instruments, SI 527 of 2011, the Road Traffic (Bus Lanes) (Exemption) Regulations 2011, merely to make the point that this is a major decision by the Government. It was opposed by the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Varadkar. It was a majority decision by the Cabinet that will allow non-Garda drivers drive Cabinet Ministers in the bus lanes, and also Ministers of State who regularly attend Cabinet meetings - that could be a broad brush - and the Ceann Comhairle, but not, strangely enough, the Cathaoirleach. The Cathaoirleach is not exempt, in case he thinks he is.