Today’s business shall be No. 9, motion re Sectoral Employment Order (Mechanical Engineering Building Services Contracting Sector) 2018, referral to joint committee, without debate; No. 30, statements on the centenary of women's suffrage; and No. 1, Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015 [Seanad] Second Stage. Private Members business shall be No. 170, motion re rural broadband, selected by Fianna Fáil.

Wednesday’s business shall be No. 31, National Archives (Amendment) Bill 2017 Order for Report and Report and Final Stages; No. 1, Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015 [Seanad] Second Stage (resumed); No. 4, Industrial Development (Amendment) Bill 2018 Order for Second Stage and Second Stage; and No. 32, statements on the national broadband procurement process. Private Members' business shall be Second Stage of No. 48, Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018, selected by Solidarity-People Before Profit.

Thursday’s business shall be No. 1, Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015 [Seanad] Second Stage (resumed); and No. 4, Industrial Development (Amendment) Bill 2018 Order for Second Stage and Second Stage. Second Stage of No. 49, Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017 will be taken in the evening slot.

I refer the report of the Business Committee dated 1 February 2018. In relation to today’s business, it is proposed that the motion re Sectoral Employment Order (Mechanical Engineering Building Services Contracting Sector) 2018, referral to joint committee, shall be taken without debate; and statements on the centenary of women's suffrage shall be brought to a conclusion after 45 minutes. Statements shall be confined to a single round for a Minister or Minister of State and the main spokespersons for parties or groups, or a Member nominated in their stead, of five minutes each, with a five-minute response from a Minister or Minister of State and all Members may share time.

In relation to Wednesday’s business, it is proposed that the Dáil shall sit later than 10.15 p.m. and shall adjourn not later than 11.15 p.m.; that Second Stage of the Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018 shall be brought to a conclusion, if not previously concluded, after two hours; and that notwithstanding Standing Order 58, statements on the national broadband procurement process shall be taken at 8.50 p.m. and shall conclude not later than 11.15 p.m. and the order shall not resume thereafter. Statements by a Minister or Minister of State and the main spokespersons for parties or groups, or a Member nominated in their stead, shall not exceed ten minutes each. All other Members shall not exceed five minutes each with a five minute response from the Minister or Minister of State and all Members may share time.

There are two proposals to put to the House. Is the proposal for dealing with Tuesday's business agreed to? Agreed. Is the proposal for dealing with Wednesday's business agreed to?

I suggest a slight amendment that, with the agreement of the House, the proposed concluding of statements on broadband at 11.15 p.m. on Wednesday be changed to adjourning of statements on this issue so as to facilitate the continuation of that business on Thursday and indeed into next week to give Deputies an opportunity speak on the issue, and that Deputies could be given a ten minute as opposed to a five minute slot because there is a need to facilitate the participation of backbench Members across all parties in debates of this kind and not unduly restrict such debates on important issues. There may be other business. I merely propose to keep it on the Order Paper for Thursday and next week and to change what is there from "conclude" to "adjourn".

I do not have any objection to that. Four and a half hours are being allocated this week for Private Members' business and statements on the issue of broadband but if four and a half hours is not enough for everyone to make his or her contribution, I have no objection to the debate being adjourned rather than concluded so that further time can be provided.

There is a second proposal that, where all other Members shall not exceed five minutes shall change to "not exceed ten minutes". Is that agreed? Agreed. Regarding Wednesday's business, statements on the national broadband procurement process shall adjourn not later than 11.15 p.m. and the contribution of all other Members shall not exceed ten minutes. Is that agreed? Agreed.