Maurice Cummins (Fine Gael)

The Order of Business is No. 1, Road Transport Bill 2011 - Second Stage, to be taken at 4.30 p.m. and conclude not later than 7 p.m., with the contributions of group spokespersons not to exceed ten minutes and those of all other Senators not to exceed eight minutes and the Minister to be called on to reply to the debate not later than 6.50 p.m. Between 2.30 p.m. and 4.15 p.m. the Seanad Public Consultation Committee will hear presentations from Professor Gerard Quinn of NUI, Galway on the added value of a United Nations convention on the rights of older persons and Professor Rose Anne Kenny of Trinity College Dublin on the relevance of findings from the TILDA study for the rights of older persons. All Senators are invited to be in the Chamber during the course of the afternoon for these presentations.