Maurice Cummins (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Order of Business is No. 1, the Protected Disclosures Bill 2013 - Report and Final Stages, to be taken on the conclusion of the Order of Business; No. 2, motion on the report of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine entitled Report on the The Grocery Goods Sector: Increasing equity and transparency in producer-processor-retailer relationships, to be taken at 3 p.m. and to conclude not later than 4.30 p.m.; and No. 3, Private Members' business - Civil Law (Missing Persons) Bill 2013, to be taken at 6.30 p.m. and to conclude not later than 8.30 p.m. The reason it is being taken so late is because the Minister, Deputy Shatter, is not available to take it until that time and he wants to be here to deal with the Bill.

I am proposing that we cancel business for tomorrow. We were due to take Report Stage of the Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill tomorrow. Committee Stage was taken in the House yesterday during which it was outlined that a number of new amendments were being introduced on Report Stage. To give Members a chance to examine those amendments and table amendments if they wish I am proposing, at the request of Senator Byrne, that we take Report Stage of that Bill next week and not tomorrow.

Also, the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Deputy Fitzgerald, was due to come into the House tomorrow for statements but I am told she will delayed in the other House and will be unable to attend. We do not have any other business ordered and therefore I do not propose to have any business tomorrow.