It is proposed to take No. 9, motion re referral to select sub-committee of proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the terms of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses; No.19, statements following the death of Nelson Mandela; No. 20, Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013 - Order for Report, Report and Final Stages; No.10, Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad] – motion to instruct the committee; and No. 21, Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad] - Order for Report, Report and Final Stages.

It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that: in the event that a division is in progress at the time fixed for taking Private Members' business, which shall be No. 132, motion re Bethany Home, the Dáil shall sit later than 9 p.m. and Private Members’ business shall, if not previously concluded, adjourn after 90 minutes; No. 9 shall be decided without debate; No. 19 shall be taken immediately following the Order of Business and the proceedings thereon shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 50 minutes and the following arrangements shall apply: the statement of the Taoiseach, the Tánaiste and the leaders of Fianna Fáil, Sinn Féin and the Technical Group, or persons nominated in their stead, who shall be called upon in that order, shall not exceed ten minutes in each case, and such Members may share their time, and the order shall resume thereafter with Topical Issues; and the proceedings in regard to No. 10 shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 60 minutes and the following arrangements shall apply: the speech of a Minister or Minister of State and of the main spokespersons for Fianna Fáil, Sinn Féin and the Technical Group, who shall be called upon in that order and who may share their time, shall not exceed 15 minutes in each case. Tomorrow's business after Oral Questions shall be the Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013 - Report and Final Stages (resumed), if not previously concluded; and the Local Government Reform Bill 2013 - Order for Report, Report and Final Stages.

There are four proposals to be put to the House. Is the proposal for dealing with Private Members' business agreed to? Agreed. Is the proposal for dealing with No. 9 agreed to? Agreed. Is the proposal for dealing with No. 19 agreed to? Agreed. Is the proposal for dealing with No. 10 agreed to?

It is not agreed.

I call Deputy Adams.

The proposal is a motion to instruct the committee. It is a last minute amendment and it not just a simple technical amendment as it is an amendment from the Minister, Deputy Howlin, to the Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) (Amendment) Bill 2013. He brings in a whole new area of legislation at the very last minute. Any new provisions on sick leave and the public service require full scrutiny and proper consideration so an hour's discussion as an afterthought is not the way to do the business. I believe this is the Minister's way of trying to avoid full scrutiny of this very important issue.

This is a procedural matter. When one brings in an amendment that is outside the scope of the Bill, one has to have a procedural motion in order to discuss the amendment. That is the only reason for it.