The Order of Business today shall be as follows: No. 27, motion re Planning and Development (Licensing of Outdoor Events) Regulations, 2001; No. 27a, motion re Membership of Committees; No. 6, Twenty-third Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 2001 (International Criminal Court) – Committee and Remaining Stages; No. 28, motion re statement for the information of voters in relation to the Twenty-third Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 2001 (International Criminal Court); No. 29, motion re Referendum (Ballot Paper) (No. 3) Order, 2001; No. 55, Twenty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 2001 (Nice Treaty) – Second Stage (Resumed).
It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that Nos. 27, 27a, 28 and 29 shall be decided without debate. The proceedings of the Committee and Remaining Stages of No. 6 shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 1.00 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 Foreign Affairs. Questions shall be taken today from 3.30 p.m. until 4.45 p.m. In the event of a Private Notice Question being allowed it shall be taken at 4.15 p.m. and the order shall not resume thereafter. The Dáil on its rising today shall adjourn until 2.30 p.m. on Tuesday 1 May, 2001.