It is intended that we take items No. 1, Nos. 2 to 7, and No. 11 until 4.30 p.m. and that we take item No. 8 to be completed today. Item No. 8 is a Certified Money Bill which has to be passed within 21 days of its coming from the Dáil and this is the last occasion in which we will have an opportunity to get that Bill through.
In connection with item No. 1, it is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that we will take this Bill tomorrow. It is proposed that the motions appointing committees, items Nos. 2 to 7, be taken without debate. Members will recall that the setting up of these committees was debated fully last week on the expediency motions for these committees, with the exception of item No. 7 which is a technical committee dealing with private legislation.
It is intended to take the motion on Ethiopia and overseas aid tomorrow from 10.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. or 1 p.m. if it is felt we need to go to 1 p.m. In anticipation of a number of speakers wishing to speak in that debate, I suggest that there be a time limit set so that as many speakers as possible can get in. If the Whips meet later on, we could agree on a time limit to enable as many people as possible to get in on that debate in the morning. In the afternoon we will take the Local Government Provisional Order Confirmation Bill. We will commence Second Stage of the Derelict Sites Bill tomorrow afternoon.
For technical reasons it was not possible to take the Private Members' motion today. This was to be the motion in Private Members' time from 6.30 p.m. to 8 p.m. It has been agreed that we will take the full three hours of Private Members' time on Wednesday of next week. The agreement of the Whips will be reached tomorrow morning on the wording of that motion, or if the motion is to be changed. It is intended that any motion, whether it be from the Government side or not, will be given to the Whips of all parties at the Whips meeting on the week before any motion is introduced. This will give the House an opportunity to prepare for whatever motion is introduced rather than, as has happened in the past, where motions were sprung on the Opposition or the Government side the day before or on the morning of a debate. In the interests of the better running of the House the Private Members' motion for the following week should be agreed on the Thursday morning. That would give both the Government side and the Opposition a chance to have a look at the matters in hand.