The Order of Business today shall be as follows: No. 20d, motion re Joint Committee on the Constitution; No. 20e, motion re Trade Marks Act, 1996, Regulations, 2000, Referral to Joint Committee; No. 20f, motion re Standards in Public Office Bill, 2000, Referral to Committees; No. 24, motion re Agreement between the Government of Ireland and the Government of Romania, returned from Committee; No. 21, Supplementary Estimate [Vote 38], returned from Committee; No. 24a, motion re Employment Equality Act, 1998, (Section 12) (Church of Ireland College of Education) Order, 2000; No. 46, Electronic Commerce Bill, 2000 [Seanad], Committee and Remaining Stages; No. 8, Hospitals' Trust (1940) Limited (Payments to Former Employees) Bill, 2000, Order for Second Stage and Second and Remaining Stages; No. 1, Harbours (Amendment) Bill, 2000 [Seanad], Second Stage (resumed) and Remaining Stages; No. 47, Gas (Amendment) Bill, 2000 – Order for Report and Report and Final Stages to be taken on the conclusion of the Second Stage of No. 1; No. 8a, Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill, 2000, Order for Second Stage and Second and Remaining Stages and No. 18, Local Government (No. 2) Bill, 2000, Order for Second Stage and Second and Remaining Stages.
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 12 midnight and the sitting shall be suspended from 2 p.m. to 2.30 p.m. and from 7 p.m. to 7.30 p.m.; (2) Nos. 20d, 20e, 20f, 24 and 21, shall be decided without debate and any division demanded on No. 21 shall be taken forthwith; (3) the proceedings on No. 24a, if not previously concluded, shall be brought to a conclusion after 30 minutes and the following arrangements shall apply: (i) speeches, which shall, subject to paragraph (ii), be confined to a Minister or Minister of State and the main spokespersons for the Fine Gael Party and the Labour Party, who shall be called upon in that order, shall not exceed ten minutes in each case and (ii)Members may share time; (4) Committee and Remaining Stages of No. 46 shall be taken today and the proceedings thereon, if not previously concluded, shall be brought to a conclusion at 4.20 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 Public Enterprise; (5) Second and Remaining Stages of No. 8, shall be taken today and the proceedings thereon, if not previously concluded, shall be brought to a conclusion at 5.30 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; (6) Second Stage (resumed) and Remaining Stages of No. 1, shall be taken today and the following arrangements shall apply: (i) Second Stage (resumed) to conclude at 7 p.m., if not previously concluded, and (ii) Committee and Remaining Stages to conclude at 10.15 p.m., if not previously concluded, and the proceedings thereon, if not previously concluded, shall be brought to a conclusion by one question in each case 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 Marine and Natural Resources; (7) Report and Final Stages of No. 47 shall be taken on the conclusion of the Second Stage of No. 1 and the proceedings thereon, if not previously concluded, shall be brought to a conclusion at 9 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 Public Enterprise and the order shall resume thereafter; (8) Second and Remaining Stages of No. 8a shall be taken today and the proceedings thereon, if not previously concluded, shall be brought to a conclusion at 10.45 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 Health and Children; (9) Second and Remaining Stages of No. 18 shall be taken today and the proceedings thereon, if not previously concluded, shall be brought to a conclusion at 12 midnight 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;