Order of Business
The Leader sets the day’s business: a motion on mother and baby homes, followed by statements on broadband, An Post and energy.
The Order of Business is No. 1, motion regarding the draft order of the commission of investigation into mother and baby homes, to be taken at 4.45 p.m. and to be concluded not later than 6 p.m. with contributions from all Senators not to exceed six minutes; and No. 2, statements on the national broadband plan, An Post business development group and the White Paper on energy, to be taken at 6 p.m. and to be concluded not later than 8 p.m. with contributions from group spokespersons not to exceed eight minutes, contributions from all other Senators not to exceed five minutes, and with the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to be called on to reply not later than 7.50 p.m.