Order of Business
The Leader proposes the day’s scheduled business, including committee stages, private members’ business and constitutional legislation.
The Order of Business is No. 1, Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013 - Committee Stage, to be taken at the conclusion of the Order of Business and adjourned not later than 4 p.m.; No. 40, Private Members' business, motion No. 6 re Special Olympics Ireland, to be taken at 4.30 p.m. and conclude not later than 6.30 p.m.; No. 2, Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012 - Committee and Remaining Stages, to be taken at 6.30 p.m. and conclude not later than 7 p.m.; No. 3, Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013 - Report Stage, to be taken at 7 p.m. and adjourned at 10 p.m., if not previously concluded.
I congratulate Senator John Gilroy on his book, A Cry in the Morning, which is being launched at 7 p.m. today. He has informed me that everybody is invited to the launch.