Seanad debates

Tuesday, 13 July 2021

9:30 am

Photo of Regina DohertyRegina Doherty (Fine Gael)
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I move:

That, notwithstanding anything in the Standing Orders relative to Public Business, or the Order of the Seanad of Friday, 9th July, 2021, the following arrangements shall apply in relation to the sittings of the Seanad on 15th and 16th July, 2021:

(1) The Seanad on its rising on Tuesday, 13th July, 2021, shall adjourn until 9.30 a.m. on Thursday, 15th July, 2021, in the Dáil Chamber, and the following arrangements shall apply: (a) Standing Orders 29 and 30 shall stand suspended;

(b) The Order of Business shall be proposed at 9.30 a.m. and shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 10 a.m. The contributions on the Order of Business shall be confined to the proposal of the business for the day by the Leader (or such other Senator as she may authorise in that behalf); a contribution from the Leader of each Group (or a Senator nominated in his or her stead); and a reply by the Leader. (2) The Seanad on its rising on Thursday, 15th July, 2021, shall adjourn until 9.30 a.m. on Friday, 16th July, 2021, in the Dáil Chamber, and the arrangements for the sitting shall be in accordance with the Order of the Seanad of Friday, 9th July, 2021.”

Question put and agreed to.

Sitting suspended at 10.28 a.m. and resumed at 10.45 a.m.