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Seanad Éireann · 2025-02-12

Sitting Arrangements: Motion

FG Seán Kyne · Cultural and Educational Panel

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I move: That, notwithstanding anything in the Standing Orders relative to Public Business, the following arrangements shall apply in relation to the sittings of the Seanad until Tuesday, 25th February, 2025: (a) Standing Orders 31 and 32 shall stand suspended; (b) The Order of Business shall be proposed at the commencement of business on each day the Seanad sits up to that date; (c) The ordinary routine of business shall resume on 25th February, 2025.

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FG Seán Kyne

I move:

That, notwithstanding anything in the Standing Orders relative to Public Business, the following arrangements shall apply in relation to the sittings of the Seanad until Tuesday, 25th February, 2025:

(a) Standing Orders 31 and 32 shall stand suspended;

(b) The Order of Business shall be proposed at the commencement of business on each day the Seanad sits up to that date;

(c) The ordinary routine of business shall resume on 25th February, 2025.

CC Mark Daly

When is it proposed to sit again?

FG Seán Kyne this contribution

Tomorrow at 10.30 a.m.

CC Mark Daly

Is that agreed? Agreed.