It is proposed to take No. 20, Motion re Appointment of chairperson of the Standards in Public Office Commission – returned from Committee; No. 21, Motion re Appointment of ordinary member of the Standards in Public Office Commission – returned from Committee; No. 22, Motion re Commencement of Paragraphs of the Standards in Public Office Act, 2001- returned from Committee; No. 47b, Motion re Referral to Joint Committee of proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of a proposal under the Fourth Protocol to the Treaty of Amsterdam (the proposal for a Council Directive on the conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purpose of paid employment and self-employed economic activities); No. 19a, Financial Motions by the Minister for Finance [2001] (Motion 6, resumed); No. 49, Extradition (European Union Conventions) Bill, 2001 – Order for Report and Report and Final Stages, to be taken not later than 2.00 p.m. and to conclude at 3.00 p.m. if not previously concluded and the order shall resume thereafter.
It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that; (1) the Dáil shall sit later than 4.45 p.m. today and business shall be interrupted not later than 6.30 p.m.; (2) Nos. 20, 21, 22 and 47b, shall be decided without debate; (3) the following arrangements shall apply in relation to the resumed debate on No. 19a: (i) the speech of the main spokespersons or a member nominated in his or her stead for the Fine Gael Party, the Labour Party and the Taoiseach, who shall be called upon in that order, shall not exceed 40 minutes; (ii) the speech of each other member called upon shall not exceed 30 minutes; and (iii) members may share time; (4) the Report and Final Stages of No. 49 shall be taken today and the proceedings thereon shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 3.00 p.m. by one question, which shall be put from the Chair and which shall, in relation to amendments, include only those set down or accepted by the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform; (5) the Dáil shall sit tomorrow at 10.30 a.m. and shall adjourn not later than 4.30 p.m., there shall be no Order of Business (that is, within the meaning of Standing Order 26 (2) and (3)) and accordingly, the following business shall be transacted in the following order: No. 19a, Financial Motions by the Minister for Finance [2001] (Motion 6, resumed), to adjourn at 2.30 p.m. if not previously concluded and any division demanded thereon shall be postponed until immediately after the Order of Business on Tuesday 11 December 2001; and No. 50, Road Traffic Bill, 2001 – Second Stage (resumed) and the proceedings thereon shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 4.30 p.m. and any division demanded thereon shall be postponed until immediately after the Order of Business on Tuesday 11 December 2001; (6) the Dáil shall meet on Tuesday next at 11.30 a.m. and the following business shall be transacted up to Question Time; Sustainable Energy Bill, 2001 [Seanad] – Second Stage, to conclude at 2.30 p.m. if not previously concluded and any division demanded thereon shall be postponed until immediately after the Order of Business (in accordance with Standing Order 26) which shall take place at 4.15 p.m. on Tuesday, 11 December 2001.