The Order of Business today shall be as follows: No. 50 – Copyright and Related Rights Bill, 1999 [Seanad] – Order for Report and Report and Final Stages; No. 52 – Town Renewal Bill, 2000 – Second Stage (resumed).
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 10.30 p.m. and the sitting shall be suspended between 2 p.m. and 2.30 p.m.; (2) the Report and Final Stages of No. 50 shall be taken today and the proceedings thereon, if not previously concluded, shall be brought to a conclusion at 10.30 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 Enterprise, Trade and Employment; and (3) 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 within the meaning of Standing Order 26(2) and (3) and, accordingly, the following business shall be transacted in the following order: No. 52 – Town Renewal Bill, 2000 – Second Stage (resumed), if not previously concluded, and Remaining Stages; No. 8 – Firearms (Firearm Certificate for Non-Residents) Bill, 2000 – Order for Second Stage and Second and Remaining Stages; (4) the Second Stage (resumed) and Remaining Stages of No. 52, if not previously concluded, shall be taken tomorrow and the proceedings thereon, if not previously concluded, shall be brought to a conclusion at 1.30 p.m. tomorrow 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 the Environment and Local Government; and (5) the Second and Remaining Stages of No. 8 shall be taken tomorrow and the proceedings thereon, if not previously concluded, shall be brought to a conclusion at 4.30 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.