I move:
That, pursuant to Standing Order 99(1)(a) the Committee on Procedure and Privileges recommends that the Standing Orders of Dáil Éireann relative to Public Business are hereby amended as follows:
(a) STANDING ORDER 99 — COMMITTEE ON PROCEDURE AND PRIVILEGES:
In Standing Order 99, by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (3):
‘(4) There shall stand established, following the reassembly of the Dáil subsequent to a General Election, in accordance with the provisions of the Committees of the Houses of the Oireachtas (Compellability, Privileges and Immunities of Witnesses) Act 1997, a sub-Committee, which shall be called the sub-Committee on Compellability, and shall consist of the Party Whips who are members of the Committee and three shall constitute a quorum. The sub-Committee shall—
(a) perform the functions conferred upon it by the Act; and
(b) be joined, as and when required for the purposes of the Act, with a similar sub-Committee of the Seanad Committee on Procedure and Privileges, to form the Joint sub-Committee on Compellability to perform the functions conferred upon it by the Act.’
(b) STANDING ORDER 112 — CONDITIONS ON BROADCASTING OF PROCEEDINGS:
In Standing Order 112, by the substitution of the following paragraph for the first paragraph:
‘112. That the broadcasting on sound and vision of the proceedings of the Dáil and its Committees by national, local and foreign broadcasters, and also on the internet via the world wide web, shall be authorised subject to the following conditions:'
(c) STANDING ORDER 171 — METHOD OF LAYING DOCUMENTS BEFORE THE DÁIL:
In Standing Order 171, by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (1):
‘(1) Where a document is required to be laid before the Dáil the delivery of a copy of the document, which may be an electronic copy in an approved format, to the Parliamentary Library for that purpose shall be deemed to be the laying of it before the Dáil.
(d) STANDING ORDER 136A:
The adoption of the following as an additional Standing Order of Dáil Éireann relative to Public Business.
‘136A. Where Bills are to be substantially amended at Committee or Report Stage the Ceann Comhairle or Committee Chairperson as the case may be shall have discretion to direct that the Member in charge of the Bill must provide a revised explanatory memorandum to assist Members in considering the amendments.'
(e) STANDING ORDER 62 — SUSPENSION OF MEMBER:
In Standing Order 62, in paragraph (1) by the deletion of.
‘Provided, on an exceptional basis, a division may be claimed on the question and, subject to paragraph (3), shall take place immediately before the Order of Business the next sitting day thereafter'
and the substitution therefor of
‘Provided, on an exceptional basis, a division may be claimed on the question and, subject to paragraph (3), shall take place at the discretion of the Ceann Comhairle, either immediately or prior to the Order of Business the next sitting day thereafter'."