It is proposed to take No. 7b, motion re Referral of Children Bill, 1996, to Select Committee; No. 7c, motion re Referral of Proposals for Standards in Public Office Legislation to Joint Committee; No. 11, Revised Estimates for Public Services [1998]; No. 24, Statements on 1798; No. 1a, Geneva Conventions (Amendment) Bill, 1997 — Amendments from the Seanad; and No. 25, Education (No. 2) Bill, 1997 — Order for Report and Report and Final Stages.
It is also proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that: (1) Nos. 7b and 7c shall be decided without debate; (2) The Revised Estimates for the Public Services shall be moved together and decided without debate by one question which will be put from the Chair; and any division demanded thereon shall be taken forthwith; (3) No. 24, if not previously concluded, shall be brought to a conclusion after 30 minutes; shall be confined to the Taoiseach and party leaders or a member nominated in his or her stead and shall not exceed five minutes in each case; (4) The proceedings on No. 1a, if not previously concluded, shall 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 (5) The Dáil on its rising today shall adjourn until 2.30 p.m. on Wednesday, 30 September 1998; and the committees of the House will sit three days a week until the end of July and recommence their work in early September.