The Order of Business today shall be as follows: No. 13, motion re appointment of Ombudsman; No. 14, motion re appointment of Information Commissioner; No. 19, Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2003 [Seanad] – Order for Report, Report and Final Stages; and No. 2, Immigration Bill 2002 [Seanad] – Second Stage, to be taken not later than 1.30 p.m. and the order shall not resume thereafter.
It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that Nos. 13 and 14 shall be debated together and the proceedings thereon shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion consecutively after 40 minutes and the following arrangements shall apply: (i) the speech of the Minister for Finance, 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 ten minutes in each case; (ii) Members may share time.