The Order of Business today shall be as follows: No. 12, motion re membership of joint committee; No. 13, motion re Fourth Protocol to Treaty of Amsterdam – a proposal for a Council decision creating a European refugee fund (COM (1999) 686 final) (returned from committee); No. 14 motion re referral to select committee of Freedom of Information Act, 1997 (Prescribed Bodies) (No. 2) Regulations, 2000; No. 37, Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse Bill, 2000 – Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage; No. 37a, statements on Nevin licensing case; No. 38, Wildlife (Amendment) Bill, 1999 – Second Stage (Resumed), and No. 5, Proceeds of Crime (Amendment) Bill, 1999 – Order for Second Stage and Second Stage.
It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that: (1) Nos. 12, 13 and 14 shall be decided without debate; (2) the Report and Final Stages of No. 37 shall be taken today and the proceedings thereon, if not previously concluded, shall be brought to a conclusion at 6.10 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 Education and Science; and (3) the proceedings on No. 37a, if not previously concluded, shall be brought to a conclusion after 50 minutes and the statements shall be confined to the following Members who shall be called upon in the following sequence and the following arrangements shall apply: (i) the statement by the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform shall not exceed 15 minutes; (ii) the statement of the main spokespersons for the Fine Gael Party and the Labour Party shall not exceed five minutes in each case; and (iii) following the statements the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform shall take questions for a period not exceeding 25 minutes. Private Members' Business shall be No. 91, motion re Shannon River Statutory Authority.