I move:

Tuesday's business shall be:

- Motion to Instruct the Committee on the Social Welfare (Bereaved Partner’s Pension) Bill 2025 (without debate and any division claimed to be taken immediately)

- Statements on Nursing Homes and Care for Older Persons (resumed) (not to exceed 1 hour and 32 minutes)

Tuesday's private members' business shall be Motion re Presidential Voting Rights, selected by Sinn Féin.

Wednesday's business shall be:

- Motion re Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998*

- Motion re Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009*

* Two separate motions to be debated together and to conclude within 3 hours and 32 mins

- Mental Health Bill 2024 (Committee Stage, resumed, section 198) (to be taken no earlier than 5 p.m. and if not previously concluded, to adjourn after 1 hour)

- Finance (Local Property Tax and Other Provisions) (Amendment) Bill 2025 (Committee and remaining Stages) (if not previously concluded, to conclude either at 10.44 p.m. or after 4 hours, whichever is the later)

- Motions for Revised and Second Further Revised Estimates for Public Services 2025 [Votes 7 to 12, 14, 15, 17 to 22, 24, 27, 28, 31, 37 to 39, 43 and 44] (back from Committee) (to be taken without debate, to be moved together and decided by one question and any division claimed to be taken immediately)

Wednesday’s private members' business shall be the Motion re Legislative and Structural Reforms to Accelerate Housing Delivery, selected by the Independent Technical Group.

Thursday's business shall be Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2025 (Second Stage) (if not previously concluded, to adjourn after 3 hours and 24 minutes).

Thursday evening business shall be the Second Stage of the Transparency and Social Value in Public Procurement Bill 2024, sponsored by Deputy Mairéad Farrell.

Proposed Arrangements for this week’s business:

In relation to Tuesday’s business, it is proposed that:

1. the ordinary routine of business as contained in Schedule 3 to Standing Orders shall be modified to the extent that private members’ business may be taken earlier than 6.12 p.m. and shall in any event be taken on the conclusion of the resumed Statements on Nursing Homes and Care for Older Persons, with consequential effect on the commencement times for the items following in the ordinary routine of business, namely, oral Parliamentary Questions to the Minister for Transport, and topical issues, and on the time for the adjournment of the Dáil;

2. the proceedings on the Motion to Instruct the Committee on the Social Welfare (Bereaved Partner’s Pension) Bill 2025 shall be taken without debate and any division claimed thereon shall be taken immediately; and

3. the resumed Statements on Nursing Homes and Care for Older Persons shall not exceed 1 hour and 32 minutes and the order of speaking and allocation of time shall be as follows:

(a) the speaking slots from the arrangements for the statements from Thursday, 12th June, 2025, shall be continued from the point at which they were adjourned;

(b) following the statements, a Minister or Minister of State shall be called upon to make a statement in reply which shall not exceed 10 minutes; and

(c) members may share time.

In relation to Wednesday’s business, it is proposed that:

1. the ordinary routine of business as set out in Schedule 3 to Standing Orders is modified to the following extent:

(a) the time allotted for Government Business shall be extended in accordance with the arrangements for that business and the Dáil may sit later than 9.30 p.m.;

(b) any motions to be taken without debate shall be taken on the conclusion of proceedings on the Finance (Local Property Tax and Other Provisions) (Amendment) Bill 2025; and

(c) the weekly division time shall be taken on the conclusion of proceedings on any motions without debate, and the Dáil shall adjourn on the conclusion of the weekly division time;

2. the proceedings on the Motion re Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and the Motion re Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009 shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 3 hours and 32 minutes and the following arrangements shall apply thereto:

(a) the two motions shall be debated together, with separate questions put on all proceedings thereon;

(b) the order of speaking and allocation of time shall be in accordance with those contained in the table immediately below (to be read across, not down);

(c) where speeches conclude before the 3 hours and 22 minutes have elapsed and no other member is offering, a Minister or Minister of State shall be called upon to make a speech in reply which shall not exceed 10 minutes, whereupon proceedings shall be brought to a conclusion; and

(d) members may share time;

3. the proceedings on the resumed Committee Stage of the Mental Health Bill 2024 shall be taken no earlier than 5 p.m. and shall, if not previously concluded, be interrupted and stand adjourned after 1 hour and shall not be resumed on Wednesday;

4. the proceedings on Committee and remaining Stages of the Finance (Local Property Tax and Other Provisions) (Amendment) Bill 2025 shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion either at 10.44 p.m. or after 4 hours, whichever is the later, 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 Finance; and

5. the following arrangements shall apply to the proceedings on the Motions for Revised and Second Further Revised Estimates for Public Services [Votes 7 to 12, 14, 15, 17 to 22, 24, 27, 28, 31, 37 to 39, 43 and 44]:

(a) the motions shall be moved and decided together by one question which shall be put from the Chair;

(b) the proceedings thereon shall be taken without debate; and

(c) any division claimed thereon shall be taken immediately.

In relation to Thursday’s business, it is proposed that:

1. the ordinary routine of business as contained in Schedule 3 to Standing Orders shall be modified to the following extent:

(a) Questions to the Minister for Health pursuant to Standing Order 47(1) shall be taken as the first item of business followed by Questions to the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport; and

(b) topical issues may be taken earlier than 7.24 p.m. and shall in any event be taken on the adjournment of proceedings on Second Stage of the Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2025, or where those proceedings conclude within the allotted time, on the conclusion thereof, with consequential effect on the commencement time for Second Stage of the Transparency and Social Value in Public Procurement Bill 2024 and on the time for the adjournment of the Dáil; and

2. in relation to the proceedings on the Second Stage of the Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2025, the following arrangements shall apply:

(a) subject to subparagraph (ii), the proceedings shall, if not previously concluded, be interrupted and stand adjourned after 3 hours and 24 minutes and the order of speaking and allocation of time shall be as follows:

(i) the arrangements for the first speaking round shall be in accordance with those contained in the table immediately below (to be read across, not down);

(ii) where speeches conclude before the 3 hours and 24 minutes have elapsed and no other member is offering, a Minister or Minister of State shall be called upon to make a speech in reply which shall not exceed 10 minutes; and

(iii) members may share time; and

(b) the proceedings shall not be resumed on Thursday.

Are the proposed arrangements for this week agreed to?

No. As the Taoiseach knows, the victims of defective blocks in the west were not given 100% redress by the Government; however, the Government agreed nine months ago to increase the cap, but not for all homeowners. The Taoiseach said he would sort it out nine months ago. Hundreds of families are tens of thousands of euro short. They are struggling to make the final payments to builders, and builders are chasing those payments. Will the Taoiseach finally bring in the amendments to the legislation and sort this problem out once and for all?

Since the latest meeting of the Business Committee, we have seen the new rules from the US on J1 and other visas. The Taoiseach has described them as excessive, but does he have any words of comfort for the thousands of young Irish people who have to give over five years' worth of social media usernames? This is having a chilling impact on our young people and other applicants for visas. What is the Government going to do about that?

We woke up this morning to news that, finally, a proposal was going to the Cabinet on the implementation of the recommendations of the Dublin city task force. I thought this was brilliant and that perhaps now, after four press conferences and about two years, we would get some detail. I listened but we got a rehash of the same announcements that had been made three times at this point and absolutely nothing else. The city is in decline and needs leadership. We thought this was what the announcement was going to be about but it just seemed to be a useful press release for the Government. I ask that statements be put on the agenda to discuss the implementation of the task force recommendations.

I think the Deputy's initial instincts were correct. "Brilliant", he said.

The Taoiseach should note it is the Chief Whip who responds.

Is the Taoiseach interrupting again?

It is rare that an Opposition Deputy would say we were "brilliant" when he got out of bed first thing in the morning.

Over the weekend, the world’s biggest military power, under Trump, launched an unprovoked and illegal air assault on Iran. The Taoiseach has repeatedly refused to condemn this assault. I invite him again to condemn it now. We need to have a debate in this House on the US assault on Iran, the situation in the Middle East, and the imperative of defending our neutrality and ending the use of Shannon Airport by the US military.

We need a discussion about education, school size, class sizes and the capitation grant. Many schools are under immense pressure. I have been requesting statements in the Dáil. We also need a discussion about immigration and migration with regard to Citywest. I would appreciate it if we could find time this week to discuss those issues.

As the Ceann Comhairle will be aware, since she was at the meeting last Thursday, the majority of issues on the Order of Business for this week were agreed. There was rolling dissent, which rolls over every week, but the majority were agreed. On the defective blocks, as Deputy Mac Lochlainn knows, legislation was agreed at Cabinet only two weeks ago. I have explained that to the Deputy. That is moving forward.

In response to Deputy Murphy, as indicated at the Business Committee last week, statements on the situation in the Middle East with the Tánaiste will be scheduled for three and a half hours next Wednesday. On the request from Deputy Collins for a debate on education and the capitation grant, we will be speaking to the Minister about it.

What about the task force?

We will certainly look at that.

Are the proposed arrangements for the week's business agreed to?

Not agreed.