Regina Doherty (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I would like to add to the Chair's remarks on Belgium's national day and to wish the people there solidarity in light of the difficulties that they are going through with the adverse weather conditions and the loss of life they have experienced in the past 24 hours and, indeed, the expected floods today and tomorrow. We are mindful of them. We wish them safety in the next few days.

The Order of Business is No. 1, motion regarding the Planning and Development Act 2000 (Section 254 – Overground Telecommunication Cables) Regulations 2021 - back from committee, to be taken on conclusion of the Order of Business, without debate; No. 2, Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2021 - all Stages, to be taken at 10.15 a.m., and the proceedings thereon shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 120 minutes, by the putting of one question from the Chair, which shall, in relation to amendments, include only those set down or accepted by the Government; the proceedings of the debate on Second Stage shall be confined to an opening contribution of ten minutes by the Minister, a contribution of eight minutes from group spokespersons, five minutes from all Senators and a reply not exceeding eight minutes by the Minister; and Committee and Remaining Stages shall be taken immediately thereafter; No. 3, Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021 - all Stages, to be taken at 12.45 p.m., or 15 minutes after the conclusion of No. 2, whichever is the later, and the proceedings thereon shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 90 minutes, by the putting of one question from the Chair, which shall, in relation to amendments, include only those set down or accepted by the Government; the proceedings of the debate on Second Stage shall be confined to an opening contribution of eight minutes by the Minister, a contribution of five minutes from all Senators and a reply not exceeding seven minutes by the Minister; and Committee and Remaining Stages shall be taken immediately thereafter; No. 4, motion regarding the extension of the relevant period within the meaning of section 9 of the Health (Amendment) Act 2021 (No. 1 of 2021), to be taken at 2.30 p.m., or 15 minutes after the conclusion of No. 3, whichever is the earlier, and shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 45 minutes, and the proceedings shall be confined to an opening contribution of five minutes by the Minister, a contribution of four minutes from all Senators and a reply not exceeding five minutes by the Minister; No. 5, Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021 - message from Dáil Éireann, to be taken at 3.30 p.m., or 15 minutes after the conclusion of No. 4, whichever is the earlier, and shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion within 30 minutes; No. 6, Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2021 - Committee and Remaining Stages, to be taken at 4.15 p.m., or 15 minutes after the conclusion of No. 5, whichever is the earlier, and the proceedings thereon shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after three hours, by the putting of one question from the Chair, which shall, in relation to amendments, include only those set down or accepted by the Government, and the proceedings shall be interrupted after two hours for 15 minutes to allow for the sanitisation of the Chamber, and the order of debate shall resume thereafter.