The Order of Business today shall be as follows: No. 28, motion re Local Government (Planning and Development) Act, 1983 (Increase in Number of Ordinary Members of An Bord Pleanála) Order, 2001 – returned from committee; No.29, motion re: Protection of Young Persons (Employment) Act, 1996 (Bar Apprentices) Regulations, 2001 – returned from committee; No. 30, motion re: Protection of Young Persons (Employment) Act, 1996 (Employment in Licensed Premises) Regulations, 2001 – returned from committee; No. 27a, motion re electronic voting – proposal of Dáil reform committee; No. b1, Standards in Public Office Bill, 2000 – Amendment from the Seanad; No. 26, motion re terms of reference for the Flood tribunal; No. 9, Human Rights Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2001 – Order for Second Stage and Second and Remaining Stages; No. 56, Electoral (Amendment) Bill, 2000 [Seanad] – Order for Report and Report and Final Stages.
It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that (1) the Dáil shall sit later than 4.45 p.m. today and business shall be interrupted not later than 6 p.m.; (2) Nos. 28, 29, 30 and 27a shall be decided without debate; (3) the proceedings on No. b1 shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 30 minutes by one question which shall be put from the Chair and which shall, in relation to amendments to the Seanad amendment, include only those set down or accepted by the Minister for Finance; (4) the proceedings on No. 26 shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 30 minutes and speeches shall be confined to a Minister or Minister of State and the main spokespersons for the Fine Gael Party and the Labour Party and shall not exceed ten minutes in each case; (5) Second and Remaining Stages of No. 9 shall be taken today and the proceedings thereon shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 2.30 p.m. by one question which shall be put from the Chair and which shall, in relation to amendments to the Bill, include only those set down or accepted by the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform; (6) Report and Final Stages of No. 56 shall be taken today and the proceedings thereon shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 6 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 the Environment and Local Government; (7) the Dáil shall sit tomorrow at 10.30 a.m. and shall adjourn not later than 2 p.m., there shall be no Order of Business, that is, within the meaning of Standing Order 26(2) and (3), and, accordingly, the following business shall be transacted in the following order: No. c1, Dormant Accounts Bill, 2001 – Amendment from the Seanad; No. 56a, Waste Management (Amendment) (No 2) Bill, 2001 [Seanad] – Order for Report and Report and Final Stages; No. 56b, statements regarding inquiry into the Arms Trial; (8) No. c1 shall be taken tomorrow and the proceedings thereon shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 11 a.m. by one question which shall be put from the Chair and which shall, in relation to amendments to the Seanad amendment, include only those set down or accepted by the Minister for Finance; (9) Report and Final Stages of No. 56a shall be taken tomorrow and the proceedings thereon shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 12.45 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 the Environment and Local Government; (10) No. 56b shall be taken tomorrow and the proceedings thereon, if not previously concluded, shall be brought to a conclusion at 2 p.m., and the following arrangements shall apply: (i) the opening statements of a Minister or Minister of State and of the main spokespersons for the Fine Gael Party and the Labour Party shall not exceed ten minutes in each case; (ii) the statement of each other member called upon shall not exceed ten minutes; and (iii) Members may share time; and (11) the Dáil on its rising tomorrow shall adjourn until 2.30 p.m. on Wednesday, 3 October 2001.