I move:

Tuesday's business shall be:

- Motion re Presentation and Circulation of Further Revised Estimates 2025 [Votes 29, 33 and 34] and Third Further Revised Estimate 2025 [Vote 24] (without debate and any division claimed to be taken immediately)

- Motion re Approval of Appointment of Members of the Legal Services Regulatory Authority (without debate)

- Statements on School Transport (not to exceed 3 hours and 32 minutes)

Tuesday's private members' business shall be the Motion re Energy Costs, selected by Sinn Féin.

Wednesday’s business shall be:

- Motion re Statement of Estimates for the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (without debate)

- Statements on Auto-Enrolment (not to exceed 2 hours and 25 minutes)

- Statements on the Use of Vapes and Nicotine Products by Young People and Adolescents (not to exceed 2 hours and 25 minutes)

- Motion for Third Further Revised Estimate for Public Services 2025 [Vote 24] (to be taken no earlier than 5.30 p.m. and to conclude within 60 minutes, with any division claimed to be taken immediately)

Wednesday’s private members' business shall be the Motion re Child Poverty and Homelessness, selected by the Labour Party

Thursday's business shall be Statements on the National Social Enterprise Policy – Trading for Impact (not to exceed 2 hours and 25 minutes)

Thursday evening business shall be the Second Stage of the Industrial Relations (Boycott of Joint Labour Committees) Bill 2025, sponsored by Deputy George Lawlor

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 following extent:

(a) the Dáil may sit later than 10.48 p.m.;

(b) Parliamentary Questions to the Taoiseach pursuant to Standing Order 47(1) shall not be taken, and Government business shall commence at the time when Parliamentary Questions to the Taoiseach would normally be taken; and

(c) private members' business may be taken later than 6.12 p.m. and shall in any event be taken on the conclusion of the Statements on School Transport, with consequential effect on the commencement time for Parliamentary Questions to the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality, and on the commencement time for topical issues;

2. the proceedings on the Motion re Presentation and Circulation of Further Revised Estimates 2025 [Votes 29, 33 and 34] and Third Further Revised Estimate 2025 [Vote 24] shall be taken without debate and any division claimed thereon shall be taken immediately;

3. the proceedings on the Motion re Approval of Appointment of Members of the Legal Services Regulatory Authority shall be taken without debate; and

4. the Statements on School Transport shall not exceed 3 hours and 32 minutes and the order of speaking and allocation of time shall be as follows:

(a) the arrangements for the statements, not including the Ministerial response, shall be in accordance with the arrangements contained in the table immediately below (to be read across, not down);

(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 contained in Schedule 3 to Standing Orders shall be modified to the following extent:

(a) in the event that the Statements on the Use of Vapes and Nicotine Products by Young People and Adolescents conclude before 5.30 p.m., the sitting shall stand suspended until 5.30 p.m., when the order of business shall resume with the Motion for Third Further Revised Estimate 2025 [Vote 24]; and

(b) the weekly division time shall be taken on the conclusion of the Motion for Third Further Revised Estimate 2025 [Vote 24], with consequential effect on the time for the adjournment of the Dáil;

2. the proceedings on the Motion re Statement of Estimates for the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission shall be taken without debate;

3. the Statements on Auto-Enrolment shall not exceed 2 hours and 25 minutes and the order of speaking and allocation of time shall be as follows:

(a) the arrangements for the statements, not including the Ministerial response, shall be in accordance with the arrangements contained in the table immediately below (to be read across, not down);

(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;

4. the Statements on the Use of Vapes and Nicotine Products by Young People and Adolescents shall not exceed 2 hours and 25 minutes and the order of speaking and allocation of time shall be as follows:

(a) the arrangements for the statements, not including the Ministerial response, shall be in accordance with the arrangements contained in the table immediately below (to be read across, not down);

(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; and

5. the proceedings on the Motion for Third Further Revised Estimate 2025 [Vote 24] shall be taken either at 5.30 p.m., or on the conclusion of the Statements on the Use of Vapes and Nicotine Products by Young People and Adolescents, whichever is the later, and shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 60 minutes, and the following arrangements shall apply thereto:

(a) the order of speaking and allocation of time shall be as follows:-

- opening speech by a Minister or Minister of State – 10 minutes;

- speeches by representatives of Sinn Féin, the Labour Party, Social Democrats, Independent and Parties Technical Group, and Independent Technical Group – 7.5 minutes per party or group;

- speeches by Other Members – 7.5 minutes in total; and

- a speech in response by the Minister – 5 minutes;

(b) members may share time; 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 extent that topical issues may be taken earlier than 7.24 p.m. and shall in any event be taken on the conclusion of the Statements on the National Social Enterprise Policy – Trading for Impact, with consequential effect on the commencement time for Second Stage of the Industrial Relations (Boycott of Joint Labour Committees) Bill 2025, and on the time for the adjournment of the Dáil; and

2. the Statements on the National Social Enterprise Policy – Trading for Impact shall not exceed 2 hours and 25 minutes and the order of speaking and allocation of time shall be as follows:

(a) the arrangements for the statements, not including the Ministerial response, shall be in accordance with the arrangements contained in the table immediately below (to be read across, not down);

(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.

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

They are not agreed. Every week when the Business Committee meets, I have raised the issue of defective concrete blocks. A year ago, the Government stated that it would extend the increase in the cap to everybody going through the scheme. How on earth has it not produced the legislation to date? It is cruel. People are struggling to find tens of thousands of euro. I met someone the other day for whom the gap is €200,000. They had a six-year mortgage; they will now have a 19-year mortgage. Their mortgage has doubled. That so-called 100% redress in the west of Ireland compares with 100% redress for pyrite in the east. How dare the Minister say that the Government has stepped up and done what is right.

Time is up. I call Deputy Sheehan.

The people in the west of Ireland have been treated with utter contempt by the Government when it comes to this scheme.

We are seeking a debate regarding the 2020 death of 87-year-old Liam Farrell in Leitrim in the context of whether an independent inquiry is necessary in light of the many unanswered questions, the Garda peer review and the RTÉ "Prime Time" programme.

The housing disaster is spiralling out of control. This year has seen the lowest commencement figures in a decade. The Central Bank has just revised its forecasts for this year downwards.

To paraphrase, it is saying that this Government has no hope of reaching its housing targets. Meanwhile, not-for-profit housing organisations are telling us that they have never seen such chaos and they are blaming this Government. The truth is that the Government has totally lost control of housing. The Minister is barely there. We need a debate on this crisis in the House this week.

I seek confirmation from the Government that it agreed to have statements next week on Gaza. I think we do have that confirmation. We might get an initial response. Micheál Martin made a significant statement at the UN yesterday opposing the right of Palestinians to self-determination. Is that now the position of the Government?

That is nonsense. Check the record.

Independent Ireland met the Irish Hairdressers Federation today. The federation is in a crisis or, as it put it, a chronic situation. There is a stark future for many hair salons if they do not get a VAT reduction to 9% in January. Hair salons employ thousands of people and apprentices in this country. Suppliers are now refusing to credit many of these salons. There is a huge crisis. Can we bring the relevant Minister before the Dáil to talk about VAT reliefs and other such reliefs to save these salons?

We had a good and robust meeting last Thursday, which the Ceann Comhairle will be aware of, given that she chaired it, in relation to the Order of Business for this week. Regarding the items raised, the Minister gave a comprehensive answer on the issue of mica.

Pyrrhotite.

With regard to the other issues raised, we can discuss them at the Business Committee this Thursday.

Are the proposed arrangements agreed to?

Not agreed.