The Order of Business today shall be No. 12a, motion re referral to joint committee of proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of a proposal for a Council regulation to amend the Sirene manual; No. 13, motion re Revised Estimates for Public Services 2003 – Votes 1 to 43, back from committee; No. 20, statements on European Council, Thessaloniki No. 2, Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2003 [Seanad] – Second Stage (resumed); No. 14, motion re Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act 1998; No. 21, Digital Hub Development Agency Bill 2002 [Seanad] – Order for Report, Report and Final Stages; No. 22, Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Bill 2002 – Report Stage (resumed) and Final Stage.
It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that the Dáil shall sit later than 8.30 p.m. tonight and business shall be interrupted not later than 10.30 p.m.; Nos. 12a and 13 shall be decided without debate and, in the case of No. 13, Votes 1 to 43 shall be moved together and shall be decided by one question which shall be put from the Chair and any division demanded thereon shall be taken forthwith; the proceedings on No. 20 shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 80 minutes and the following arrangements shall apply: the statements shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 60 minutes, and the statements of the Taoiseach and of 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 15 minutes in each case; Members may share time; immediately following the statements, the Minister for Foreign Affairs shall take questions for a period not exceeding 20 minutes; the proceedings on the resumed Second Stage of No. 2 shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 5.50 p.m.; the proceedings on No. 14 shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 70 minutes and the following arrangements shall apply: the speech of the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform and of 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 15 minutes in each case; Members may share time; the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform shall be called upon to make a speech in reply which shall not exceed ten minutes; the proceedings on the Report and Final Stages of No. 21 shall be taken today and shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 10 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 Communications, Marine and Natural Resources; the proceedings on the resumed Report and Final Stages of No. 22 shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 10.30 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 Finance; pursuant to Standing Order 80(3), the Dáil shall waive its instruction that not more than two select committees shall meet to consider a Bill on any given day in the case of the proposed meeting of the Select Committee on the Environment and Local Government to consider the Protection of the Environment Bill 2003 [Seanad] today; Private Members' business shall be No. 8 – Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2003 – Second Stage (resumed), to conclude at 8.30 p.m.