The Order of Business today shall be No. 26, Motion re: Referral to Joint Committee of Report of the Ombudsman on Nursing Home Subventions; No. 6, Valuation Bill, 2000 – Order for Second Stage and Second Stage; No. 7 – Local Government Bill, 2000 – Order for Second Stage and Second Stage and No. 53 Statements on the Report of the Joint Committee on European Affairs on the Review of EU Legislation, to be taken not later than immediately following the announcement of matters on the Adjournment under Standing Order 21 and the order shall not resume thereafter.
It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that No. 25 shall be decided without debate and the proceedings on No. 53, if not previously concluded, shall be brought to a conclusion at 4.45 p.m. and the following arrangements shall apply: the statements of the Chairperson of the Joint Committee on European Affairs and of the main spokespersons for the Government and the Labour Party shall not exceed ten minutes in each case; the statement of each Member called upon shall not exceed five minutes and Members may share time.