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Dail Éireann · 2020-12-16

Sitting Arrangements: Motion

FF Jack Chambers · Dublin West · Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach

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I move:

That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders and until further notice in the 33rd Dáil—

( a ) the schedule for the Dáil sitting week,

and

( b ) the rota for Leaders’ Questions pursuant to Standing Order 36,

as contained in the report of the Committee of Standing Orders and Dáil Reform dated 14th December, 2020, shall be adopted and have effect,

(i) in the case of the schedule for the sitting week, with effect from 13th January, 2021, and

(ii) in the case of the rota for Leaders’ Questions, with effect from 19th January, 2021,

unless the Dáil shall otherwise order or resolve, and with the proviso that the Dáil shall meet in Leinster House on 13th January, 2021, and that the sitting schedule for a Tuesday shall apply to a Wednesday, where the first day of a sitting week is a Wednesday.