Order of Business
The House agreed arrangements for dealing with motions Nos. 17a, 17b and 17, while consideration of No. 46 was disputed.
It is proposed to take No. 17a, motion re referral to joint committee of proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Companies Act 2014 (Section 1313) Regulations 2016; No. 17b, motion re referral to joint committee of proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 (Section 95(3)) (Variation of title: Optician) Regulations 2016; No. 17c, motion re referral to joint committee of proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Planning and Development (Amendment) Regulations 2016; No. 17, motion re proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Finance Act 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund) Order 2016; No. 7, National Tourism Development (Authority) Bill 2015 - Second Stage (resumed); and No. 46, statements on Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. I see the Deputies have left and I thought they were listening.
Comment on this
It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that Nos. 17a, 17b and 17c shall be decided without debate; the proceedings in relation to No. 17 shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 20 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, shall not exceed five minutes in each case and such Members may share their time; the proceedings in relation to No. 46 shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after two hours and 30 minutes and the following arrangements shall apply: the statements 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 15 minutes in each case and such Members may share their time; the statement of each other Member called upon shall not exceed ten minutes in each case and such members may share their time; and a Minister or Minister of State shall be called upon to make a statement in reply which shall not exceed ten minutes.
