It is proposed to take No. 15, motion re proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of a proposal for a Council regulation to amend the Sirene manual – back from committee; No. 15a, motion re referral to joint committee of proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Electricity Regulation Act 1999 (Eligible Customer) (Consumption of Electricity) Order 2003; No. 1, The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (Charter Amendment) Bill 2002 – Report and Final Stages, in accordance with the order of the Dáil of2 July 2003; No. 2a, Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Bill 2002 – amendments from the Seanad; No. 24, Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland) Bill 2002 [Seanad]– Order for Report, Report and Final Stages; No. 25, Official Languages Bill 2002 [Seanad] – Order for Report, Report and Final Stages; No. 26, Criminal Justice (Temporary Release of Prisoners) Bill 2001 – Order for Report, Report and Final Stages; No. 15b, motion re appointment of new chairperson and new member to the Tribunal of Inquiry into Certain Planning Matters and Payments.
It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders or the order of the Dáil of 2 July, that the Dáil shall sit later than 4.45 p.m. tonight and, immediately upon the conclusion of oral questions to the Minister for Agriculture and Food, business shall be adjourned forthwith; Nos. 15 and 15a shall be taken before No. 1 and shall be decided without debate; the proceedings on No. 2a shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 30 minutes and any amendments from the Seanad not disposed of shall be decided by one question which shall be put from the Chair and which shall, in relation to amendments to the Seanad amendments, include only those set down or accepted by the Minister for Finance; Report and Final Stages of No. 24 shall be taken today and the proceedings thereon shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 1.30 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 Enterprise, Trade and Employment.
Report and Final Stages of No. 25 shall be taken today and the proceedings thereon shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 3.30 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 Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs; Report and Final Stages of No. 26 shall be taken today and the proceedings thereon shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 4.30 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 Justice, Equality and Law Reform; the proceedings on No. 15b shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after two hours and five minutes and the following arrangements shall apply: the opening speech of the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government 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; the speech of each other Member, who shall be called upon in the following sequence, shall not exceed ten minutes in each case: Government, Fine Gael Party, Government, Labour Party, Government, Technical Group; Members may share time; the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government shall be called upon to make a speech in reply which shall not exceed five minutes.
Question Time today shall be taken immediately upon the conclusion of No. 15b for 75 minutes and, in the event of a Private Notice Question being allowed, it shall be taken after 45 minutes, and the order shall not resume thereafter; the Dáil on its rising today shall adjourn until 2.30 p.m. on Tuesday, 30 September 2003.