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Dail 10.30 a.m.-5.25 p.m.

Dail 10.30 a.m.-5.25 p.m.

10.30 a.m. Irish Sports Council Bill, 1998 - Second Stage (resumed) - (Department of Tourism, Sport and Recreation). Statements on EU Structural Funds - (Department of Finance).

2.30 p.m. Questions (Minister for Foreign Affairs).

3.50 p.m. Afternoon's Business Continued.

4.45 p.m. Matters on the Adjournment.

Seanad 10.30 a.m.

10.30 a.m. Plant Varieties (Proprietary Rights) (Amendment) Bill, 1997 - (Department of Agriculture and Food). Statements on the report of the Free Legal Aid Board - (Department of Justice).

Committees meeting in public session

The Select Committee on Health and Children will meet in Room G2, Kildare House, Kildare Street at 10.00 a.m. Agenda: Voluntary Health Insurance Bill, 1998.

The Committee of Public Accounts will meet in Room G5, Kildare House, Kildare Street at 11.00 a.m. Agenda: Vote 2 - Houses of the Oireachtas and the European Parliament. Votes 1923 and 33 - Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform.

The Committee of Members' Interests of Dail Eireann will meet in Room G24, Kildare House, Kildare Street at 11.00 a.m. Agenda: Consideration of the Government Proposals for a Standards in Public Office Bill. (Legal adviser, Ms Eileen Roberts, will attend.)

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