As the business listed for today has already been brought to a conclusion,-----

What?

-----the sitting shall be suspended immediately after Topical Issues until 7.30 p.m., whereupon Private Members' business, which shall be No. 187 - motion re planning regulation (resumed), shall be taken and shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 90 minutes.

Tomorrow's business after Oral Questions shall be No. 34, Statute Law Revision Bill 2015 - Order for Report, Report and Final Stages; and No. 35, statements on the implementation of the national dementia strategy. It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that the following arrangements shall apply to No. 35: the statement 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, shall not exceed ten minutes in each case and such Members may share time; the statement of each other Member called upon shall not exceed ten minutes in each case and such Members may share time; and a Minister or Minister of State shall be called upon to make a statement in reply that shall not exceed ten minutes.

There is one proposal to be put to the House. Is the proposal for dealing with No. 35 agreed?

No. The Taoiseach announced something about suspending the Dáil.

Sorry, but I am dealing with a proposal being put to the House.

I am opposing it.

It relates to the statements on the dementia strategy. The Deputy is opposing it.

Yes. With the greatest respect, we have just heard an announcement that the Dáil is to be suspended and it is reasonable-----

That is a separate issue. You can deal with it separately.

There is only one issue being put to the House.

This must be put to the House.

This proposal is the only mechanism I have to raise the issue.

It concerns tomorrow's business.

The Taoiseach is proposing that the House be suspended.

The Deputy is out of order. I am putting a proposal-----

I am opposing it.

-----to the House. Will the Deputy speak to the proposal?

Yes. I am opposing it because the House was suspended prior to Leaders' Questions this morning.

Yes.

That was for the want of business.

It has nothing to do with the proposal.

Let me speak, a Cheann Comhairle.

The proposal is that the arrangements for the statements on the implementation of the national dementia strategy tomorrow be agreed.

This is to deal with the order of the House.

If you wish to speak to the proposal, you are entitled to do so. You are not entitled to start talking in general.

With the greatest respect, a Cheann Comhairle, I am the leader of the Fianna Fáil Party-----

With the greatest respect, it is my duty-----

-----and I would like to know the timetable for today. The Taoiseach has just said the Dáil is to be suspended.

It is a different issue.

It is not a different issue.

You can deal with it after I have dealt with this item.

This is impossible. A bit of civility would sort this out very quickly, a Cheann Comhairle.

I have to put this proposal to the House.

Out of the blue, the Taoiseach has come in here to do this. I just want to get some clarity. The Ceann Comhairle is putting me in a very difficult position. I do not want to be having a row with the Chair.

You can raise the issue after I put this formally to the House.

I want to find out what the order of the House-----

Resume your seat until we deal with this proposal.

Are we dealing with the Order of Business now?

No, I am dealing with the proposal regarding the statements tomorrow.

I understand that. Has the Taoiseach suspended the Order of Business?

Any issues can be raised on the Order of Business after we deal with this proposal.

He is proposing a suspension.

Look at the Order Paper.

This is the proposal for No. 35, statements on the implementation of the national dementia strategy tomorrow.

He did say it.

Is that agreed? This is the issue.

A Cheann Comhairle, the problem is-----

The Taoiseach announced that the House would be suspended.

That is a separate matter.

Will the Taoiseach repeat-----

What does that mean?

I call Deputy Adams.

It is simple. Will the Taoiseach repeat what he said earlier? What exactly is being suspended?

This shows how weak the Opposition is.

What was said earlier is nothing to do with the proposal being put to the House now.

I understand that.

We can deal with that in a moment.

We will get to it.

That is the point. We will not.

We are dealing with tomorrow before today.

This is unbelievable.

Is the proposal regarding the statements tomorrow agreed? Agreed.

What about today?

On the Order of Business, I call Deputy Martin.

This is unsatisfactory.

Hold on, what is unsatisfactory about me putting a proposal about statements tomorrow?

Does the Ceann Comhairle consider this is satisfactory? It is okay if he thinks the House is happy.

What is unsatisfactory about it?

Do not be-----

Is it not reasonable-----

The Taoiseach made an announcement about the suspension and that has nothing to do with me as Ceann Comhairle. The Taoiseach has announced that the Dáil will stand suspended-----

Until when?

-----until 7.30 p.m.

Does the Taoiseach not think it is significant?

It is not for me to comment.

May we not comment?

I want to make the point on the Order of Business.

The Deputy should resume his seat, as somebody else is speaking.

I put it to the Taoiseach-----

The Opposition was not here.

Where were the Fianna Fáil Members this morning for the Workplace Relations Bill?

They did not turn up.

We were here.

We have been here all morning.

They would not turn up.

We have been here all morning. It is the first I-----

They were not here.

I have been here since Leaders' Questions.

No, before that.

What about before that?

The party's spokesperson did not turn up.

What time?

There was nobody from Fianna Fáil here.

There was no-----

It is a matter of an announcement by the Taoiseach that the Dáil will be suspended until 7.30 p.m.

I will tell Deputies where I am coming from.

Unless the Deputy has a matter he wishes to raise in the normal way on the Order of Business, I will have to move on.

Closing down.