Today's Order of Business is No. 11, motion re Standing Order 38; No. 10(i), Capital Acquisitions Tax Consolidation Bill, 2002 – First Stage; No. 10(ii), motion re Second Stage of the Capital Acquisitions Tax Consolidation Bill, 2002; No. 12, motion re Approval by Dáil Éireann of the terms of the Agreement between the Government of Ireland and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on Police Co-operation back from committee; No. 13, motion re Appointment of Joint Committee on Standing Orders; and No. 14, motion re Book of Estimates, 2003.
It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that the Dáil shall sit later than 8.30 p.m. tonight. Business shall be interrupted not later than 10 p.m. Nos. 11, 10(i), and subject to agreement of No. 10(i), Nos. 10(ii), 12 and 13 shall be decided without debate. The proceedings of No. 14, if not previously concluded, shall be brought to a conclusion at 7 p.m. tomorrow night and the following arrangements shall apply. The speech of the Minister for Finance and the main spokespersons for the Fine Gael Party, the Labour Party and the technical group, who shall be called upon in that order, shall not exceed 20 minutes in each case. The speech of every other Member called upon shall not exceed ten minutes in each case. Members may share time and the Minister for Finance shall be called upon to make a speech in reply which shall not exceed ten minutes.
Private Members' Business shall be No. 3, Waste Management (Amendment) Bill, 2002 – Order for Second Stage and Second Stage, and the proceedings on Second Stage thereon, if not previously concluded, shall be brought to a conclusion at 8.30 p.m. on Wednesday, 20 November.