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Dáil
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Order of Business

Summary

The House agreed the late sitting, the listed legislation and the following day's business, despite objections to rushing the Strategic Banking Corporation Bill and limiting debate for non-aligned Deputies.

It is proposed to take No. 12, motion re proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Protection of Young Persons (Employment) (Exclusion of Workers in the Fishing and Shipping Sectors) Regulations 2014 [Considered by the Joint Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation on 8 July 2014]; No. 4, Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Bill 2014 - Second Stage (resumed) and Subsequent Stages; and No. 25, Forestry Bill 2013 - Report and Final Stages (resumed). It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that the Dáil shall sit later than 5.30 p.m. and shall adjourn not later than 7 p.m.; that No. 12 shall be decided without debate; that the Dáil shall sit tomorrow at 10 a.m. and shall adjourn not later than 8 p.m. and there shall be no Order of Business within the meaning of Standing Order 26 and, accordingly, the business to be transacted shall be as follows: No. 6, Electoral (Amendment) (No. 4) Bill 2014 - Order for Second Stage, Second and Subsequent Stages, and the proceedings on the Second Stage of No. 6 shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 65 minutes on the day and shall be confined to an opening speech of a Minister or Minister of State and of the main spokespersons for Fianna Fáil, Sinn Féin and the Technical Group, which shall not exceed 15 minutes in each case, who shall be called upon in that order and who may share their time, and to a speech in reply by a Minister or Minister of State, which shall not exceed five minutes, and the proceedings on the Committee and Remaining Stages shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 15 minutes on the day 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, Community and Local Government; No. a1, Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Bill 2014 - amendments from the Seanad; No. 30, Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011 - Order for Report, Report and Final Stages, to adjourn after one hour if not previously concluded; and No. 5, Court of Appeal Bill 2014 - Order for Second Stage and Second Stage, to adjourn at 8 p.m. if not previously concluded.

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Seán Barrett An Ceann Comhairle Fine Gael

There are three proposals to be put to the House. Is the proposal for dealing with the late sitting agreed to? Agreed.

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May I ask a question, please?

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Seán Barrett An Ceann Comhairle Fine Gael

No, I am sorry, only party leaders may speak.

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I do not have a leader.

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What is funny?

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Deputy Mary Lou McDonald is his leader.

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She is my colleague.

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Seán Barrett An Ceann Comhairle Fine Gael

Is the proposal for dealing with No. 12 agreed to? Agreed. Is the proposal for dealing with the sitting and business of the Dáil tomorrow agreed?

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On that point-----

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Seán Barrett An Ceann Comhairle Fine Gael

Does the Deputy agree to the proposal? The only proposal I am putting is that of dealing with the sitting and business of the Dáil tomorrow.

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I have a question on it. In the light of the statements the Tánaiste and her party made on entering Government with Fine Gael and her desire to try to have the business of the House more appropriately dealt with, is it not ironic that in the latter days of the term we are rushing through such a phenomenal amount of legislation in the next two days? In her new role, the Tánaiste might try to manage the ordering of legislation in a more appropriate way.

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Seán Barrett An Ceann Comhairle Fine Gael

I will put the question.

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We reserve our right to object on an ongoing basis if the Tánaiste does not do it.

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A Cheann Comhairle-----

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Seán Barrett An Ceann Comhairle Fine Gael

Does the Deputy object to the proposal that we sit tomorrow?

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No - yes, for the purposes of standing on my feet.

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Seán Barrett An Ceann Comhairle Fine Gael

No.

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A Cheann Comhairle, come on, be reasonable and balanced.

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Seán Barrett An Ceann Comhairle Fine Gael

This is a proposal for dealing with the sitting and business of the Dáil tomorrow, full stop.

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Let me object on the following grounds.

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Is that Deputy Peter Mathews's new leader?

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Yesterday we objected to the rushing through of the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Bill 2014, which is to be guillotined. It is wrong. We have waited a very long time for the legislation, which was signalled in the programme for Government. I reiterate the objection.

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Seán Barrett An Ceann Comhairle Fine Gael

That is not on tomorrow's Order of Business.

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In respect of the same legislation, I ask, once again, that five minutes be allocated for the non-aligned Deputies to contribute to the debate.

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Seán Barrett An Ceann Comhairle Fine Gael

The Deputy is making a joke out of it.

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The Electoral (Amendment) (No. 4) Bill 2014, as all the parties are aware, is a purely technical piece of legislation.

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No, it is not.

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The Tánaiste is a chartered accountant. It certainly is not.

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I refer to the business on the schedule for tomorrow. The Electoral (Amendment) (No. 4) Bill 2014 is technical legislation. It will be interesting to see whether people will require all the time allocated.

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