Michael McCarthy (Cork South West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

COM (2013) 867 is a proposal for a Council decision on the accession of the European Union to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). It is proposed that this proposal warrants further scrutiny by way of a letter to the Secretary General of the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht requesting that the joint committee be kept updated on significant developments relating to this proposal. Is that agreed? Agreed.

COM (2014) 20 is a proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the establishment and operation of a market stability reserve for the Union greenhouse gas emission trading scheme and amending Directive 2003/87/EC. Due to the importance of this proposal and the consequent effects, it is proposed that this proposal warrants further scrutiny by way of a letter to the Secretary General of the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government, requesting that the joint committee be kept updated on significant developments relating to the proposal. Is that agreed? Agreed.

I now propose that we suspend our meeting because the Chair-designate of the Arts Council has not arrived yet. We will resume at 4 p.m.