The Order of Business today shall be No. 22, Arts Bill 2002 – Order for Report and Report and Final Stages; No. 23, Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2002 [Seanad] – Order for Report and Report and Final Stages; No. 3, Official Languages Bill 2002 [Seanad] – Second Stage, to be taken not later than 2 p.m. and the order shall not resume thereafter.
It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that: (1) the Dáil shall sit later than 4.45 p.m. this evening and business shall be interrupted not later than 7 p.m.; (2) the Dáil shall sit tomorrow at 10.30 a.m. and shall adjourn not later than 4 p.m., there shall be no Order of Business within the meaning of Standing Order 26(2) and (3), any divisions demanded shall be postponed until immediately after the Order of Business on Tuesday, 27 May 2003, and, accordingly, the following business shall be transacted in the following order: No. 3, Official Languages Bill 2002 [Seanad] – Second Stage, resumed; No. 1, Industrial Development Science Foundation Ireland Bill 2002 [Seanad] – Second Stage, resumed; and No. 4, Dumping at Sea (Amendment) Bill 2002 [Seanad] – Second Stage.