Order of Business

I move: Tuesday's business shall be: - Motion re Appointment of Ordinary Member of the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (without debate and any division claimed to be taken immediately) - Employment Equality and Institutional Burials (Amendment) Bill 2026 (Second Stage) (to conclude at the end of the first half speaking round; not to exceed 1 hour and 52 minutes and any division claimed to be taken immediately) - Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2026 (Report and Final Stages) (to conclude within 90 minutes) - Employment Equality and Institutional Burials (Amendment) Bill 2026 (Committee and remaining Stages) (to conclude within 90 minutes) Tuesday's private members' business shall be the Motion re Home Heating Oil Costs, selected by Sinn Féin. Thursday's private members' business shall be the Motion re Public Sector Pay, selected by the Labour Party. Thursday evening business shall be the Second Stage of the Children’s Health (Ospidéal Náisiúnta Kathleen Lynn do Leanaí) (Amendment) Bill 2025, sponsored by Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh. Proposed Arrangements for this week’s business: In relation to Tuesday’s business, it is proposed that: 1. notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders: (a) the time allocated to Government business shall be extended in accordance with the arrangements for that business; (b) there shall be no Questions on Policy or Legislation pursuant to Standing Order 36; (c) Oral Parliamentary Questions to the Taoiseach shall not be taken; (d) private members’ business shall be taken on the conclusion of proceedings on the Employment Equality and Institutional Burials (Amendment) Bill 2026; (e) Parliamentary Questions to a Minister pursuant to Standing Order 47(1) shall not be taken; (f) Topical issues shall not be taken and the Dáil shall adjourn on the conclusion of private members’ business; and (g) the Dáil on its rising shall adjourn until 8.47 a.m. on Thursday, 15th October 2026; 2. the proceedings on the Motion re Appointment of Ordinary Member of the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission shall be taken without debate and any division claimed thereon to be taken immediately; 3. the proceedings on the Second Stage of the Employment Equality and Institutional Burials (Amendment) shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at the end of the first half speaking round and the following arrangements shall apply: (a) the first half-round speeches shall be in accordance with the table below (to be read across); (b) on conclusion of the first half speaking round or where speeches conclude before 1 hour and 42 minutes has 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; (c) any division claimed on the Second Stage proceedings shall be taken immediately; and (d) members may share time; 4. the proceedings on Report and Final Stages of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2026 shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 90 minutes 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 Culture, Communications and Sport; and 5. the proceedings on Committee and Remaining Stages of the Employment Equality and Institutional Burials (Amendment) Bill 2026 shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 90 minutes 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 Children, Disability and Equality. In relation to Thursday's business, it is proposed that: 1. notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders: (a) topical issues shall be taken immediately following the SOS; (b) private members’ business pursuant to Standing Order 168(1) shall be taken for 2 hours on conclusion of topical issues; and (c) Second Stage of the Children's Health (Ospidéal Náisiúnta Kathleen Lynn do Leanaí) (Amendment) Bill 2025 shall be taken on the conclusion of private members’ business and the Dáil shall adjourn on the conclusion of Thursday evening business.

Not agreed.

Not agreed.

Under Standing Order 35(3), I want to propose an amendment to the Order of Business. Some 3,600 households in Kilmoyley, Causeway and Ballyheigue have been subject to a "do not consume" water notice for the past week. People out there are confused about the risks to the population and the health of the people in the area. Having handed over control of water to Uisce Éireann, we need the Minister to make some time to come into the Chamber, give reassurance and give extra funding, if necessary. He should make some time so that we can ask the questions that need to be asked about this.

Last week, three students from Gaza successfully appealed their visa refusals from this Government. However, they do not yet know if they are on the evacuation list for 26 October, whether the number of evacuees can be increased, how many evacuations are planned over the next month, on what dates, and whether their names have been notified to the Israeli Government for security clearance to be completed in time or how the Government will get them here in time for their academic deadlines. We need answers urgently for these students from the Minister for justice and if he cannot appear before the Dáil, he might please provide them to my office.

We need urgent action on the students in Gaza who have been denied visas despite being granted scholarships in Irish universities. This is deeply shameful. It is really appalling to see students who are now waiting under the bombs having been granted full scholarships in Irish universities. Time is running out for them. The court case this week saw the State delaying matters and delaying the cases being heard. We are looking now for answers from the Minister for justice, in particular, on whether the cases can be settled to enable these students to take up their scholarships in Irish universities.

We need an emergency debate on the fact that hundreds of thousands of public sector workers feel they have no choice but to take strike action - the people who work in these buildings and who look after us, health workers, teachers, people in further education, councils and so on - because even now, the Taoiseach has failed to acknowledge that the pay increases they have got over recent years have not kept pace with inflation and the cost of living. Even now, he is denying the fact that has led them out to take strike action tomorrow.

I am raising a very serious issue that arose in the courts in the last few days. It affects every potato grower in the country. Tailte Éireann won a case meaning that it will now apply rates to sheds to store potatoes. Worryingly, that could apply to every food grower in Ireland, which would add major costs for the grower and the purchaser in the shops. Can we debate this issue in the Dáil this week?

A Cheann Comhairle-----

I wish to raise something very important-----

Why not?

The point of order is-----

-----our roads are riddled with deer and people's lives are being endangered every day of the week, day and night.

We need to have a debate in here-----

-----on how this is going to be addressed, or if will it be addressed at all.

Excuse me, a Cheann Comhairle. The Deputy is right.

There are people being killed on the roads.

I thank the Ceann Comhairle for convening a meeting of the Business Committee on Saturday last at 2 p.m., at which a Dáil schedule was set out for Tuesday and Thursday of this week. When I attended that meeting, I got the impression that the majority of people were in agreement with the proposed schedule. Legislation was prioritised for today because it is time-sensitive. Both of the Opposition parties that will have Private Members' business this week were facilitated. All I can do is suggest that the Order of Business go ahead. I am not in a position to accept the amendment to the Order of Business proposed by Deputy Pa Daly.

I did not disrupt anyone.

Not agreed.