I move: Tuesday's business shall be: - Motion re Referral to Joint Committee of proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of a Carbon Budget Programme (to be taken without debate) - Motion re Presentation and Circulation of Revised and Further Revised Estimates 2025 (any division demanded shall be taken immediately) - Statements on Assessment of Need (not to exceed 3 hrs and 32 mins) Tuesday's private members' business shall be the Motion re Assessment of Needs, selected by Sinn Féin. Wednesday's business shall be: - Motion re Membership of the Committee on Parliamentary Privileges and Oversight (to be taken without debate) - Statements on Gaza (not to exceed 3 hrs and 32 mins) - Statements to Mark Biodiversity Week (not to exceed 2 hrs and 25 mins) - Motion re Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (Section 9(2)) (Amount of Financial Contribution) Order 2025 (to be taken no earlier than 6.30 p.m. and to conclude within 60 mins) - Motions for Revised Estimates for Public Services 2025 [Votes 25 and 40] (to be moved together and decided by one question, and to conclude within 60 minutes) - Motion for Further Revised Estimate for Public Services 2025 [Vote 24] (to conclude within 60 minutes) Wednesday's private members' business shall be the Motion re Fair and Sustainable Funding for Carers, Home Support and Nursing Homes Support, selected by the Independent Technical Group. Thursday's business shall be Statements on Delivering a world class education system, which breaks down barriers and ensures every child can achieve their full potential (not to exceed 2 hrs 25 mins). Thursday evening business shall be the Second Stage of the Broadcasting (Oversight of RTÉ Accounts) (Amendment) Bill 2024, sponsored by Deputy Joanna Byrne. 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) the time allotted for Government Business shall be extended in accordance with the arrangements for that business, with consequential effect on the commencement time for private members' business, which may be taken later than 6.12 p.m.; and (c) private members’ time shall in any event be taken on the conclusion of the Statements on Assessment of Need, with consequential effect on the commencement times for the items following in the ordinary routine of business, namely, Parliamentary Questions to the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, and topical issues; 2. the proceedings on the Motion re Referral to Joint Committee of proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of a Carbon Budget Programme shall be taken without debate; 3. the proceedings on the Motion re Presentation and Circulation of Revised and Further Revised Estimates 2025 shall be taken without debate and any division claimed thereon shall be taken immediately; and 4. the Statements on Assessment of Need 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.

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On the questions that dealt specifically with the Order of Business for this week, I inform Deputy Collins that I have been in talks regarding statements on flood relief.

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I will update him at the Business Committee meeting on Thursday. On legislation, next week we will have Second Stage of the Employees (Employers’ Insolvency) (Amendment) Bill 2024 from the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment. We will also have Order for Report, Report and Final Stages of the Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024. I remind all Deputies that any Opposition Deputy is entitled to bring forward legislation if they so wish.

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It is the Ceann Comhairle who puts the question to me, not the Deputy.

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The Minister for housing was in the House twice last week answering questions about housing. If anybody looks at the agenda, they can see that he has been in the House almost every week since the Dáil formed 16 weeks ago.

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The programme for Government is open and transparent.

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