It is proposed to take No. 38, Teaching Council (Amendment) Bill 2015 - Order for Report, Report and Final Stages; No. 1, Children (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad] - Second Stage; No. 15, motion re Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998; and No. 16, motion re Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009.
It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that, in the event that a division is in progress at the time fixed for taking Private Members' business, the Dáil shall sit later than 9 p.m. and adjourn at the conclusion of Private Members' business which shall be No. 71, Employment Equality (Amendment) Bill 2015 – Second Stage (resumed), and which shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 90 minutes; Nos. 15 and 16 shall be taken at 6.15 p.m., shall be debated together and shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after one hour and 15 minutes and that the following arrangements shall apply: the speech of a Minister or a Minister of State and the main spokespersons for Fianna Fáil, Sinn Féin and the Technical Group who shall be called on in that order and may share time shall not exceed ten minutes in each case; the speech of each other Member called on shall not exceed ten minutes in each case and such Members may share time; and a Minister or a Minister of State shall be called on to make a speech in reply which shall not exceed five minutes; and immediately following these proposals on the Order of Business, the Taoiseach, the Tánaiste and the leaders of Fianna Fáil, Sinn Féin and the Technical Group, or a Member nominated in their stead, shall be called on to make a brief statement on the Berkeley tragedy, following which the sitting shall be suspended until 2.30 p.m.
