Committee timing for Thursday motions
The Taoiseach said the EU-Philippines agreement would be considered by committee and that the committee could take as long as needed. Opposition Deputies argued it was premature to schedule the matter for the Dáil before the committee had reported, while others said the Business Committee had already agreed the business.
I will ask the Minister, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, to speak about the Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017. The EU-Philippines agreement is being considered by the Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence at 12.15 p.m. tomorrow. There will be ample time to discuss it at the committee. The committee is free to discuss it for as many hours as it wishes.
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On a procedural matter, we are deciding to take a motion tomorrow regarding a matter which is before a committee tomorrow.
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We in this Chamber are being presumptuous about what the committee will decide. We do not know whether it will pass the motion tomorrow.
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Yes, both of them are on Thursday. We have no idea whether the committee will ask for a debate in this House. It should not be on the Order Paper for-----
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It goes to the committee on Thursday.
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The committee and the Dáil are dealing with it on the same day.
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The Business Committee can look at this. Is it agreed that the Business Committee can look at this, or after the-----
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I made the Business Committee aware of this when we met on Thursday. I explained-----
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I disagreed with the business that was being proposed because it had not passed the committee and was not likely to.
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The Business Committee discussed it and agreed it.