The Order of Business today shall be as follows: No. 29, Revised Estimates for Public Services, 2001 – Votes 1 to 43; No. 55b, motion re referral to joint committee of proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of a proposal under the Fourth Protocol to the Treaty of Amsterdam – proposal for a Council regulation establishing a general framework for Community activities to facilitate the implementation of a European judicial area in civil matters; No. 57, Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill, 2000 – Order for Report and Report and Final Stages; and No. 1, Waste Management (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill, 2001 [Seanad] – Second Stage.
It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that: (1) the Dáil shall sit later than 8.30 p.m. tonight and business shall be interrupted not later than 10 p.m., and the sitting shall be suspended from 6.30 p.m. to 7 p.m.; (2) No. 29, Votes 1 to 43, shall be moved together and decided without debate by one question which shall be put from the Chair and any division demanded thereon shall be taken forthwith; (3) No. 55b, shall be decided without debate; and (4) Report and Final Stages of No. 57 shall be taken today and the proceedings thereon shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 12 noon 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. Private Members' Business shall be No. 82, European Union Bill, 2001 – Second Stage (resumed), to conclude at 8.30 p.m.