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

This meeting has been convened for the purpose of considering the following order, which was passed by Dáil Éireann on 4 November:

That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves the terms of the Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol, done at Doha on 8 December 2012, a copy of which was laid before Dáil Éireann on 23 October 2014, be referred to the Select Sub-Committee on Environment, Community and Local Government in accordance with Standing Order 82A(3)(b) and (6)(a), which, not later than 19 November 2014, shall send a message to the Dáil in the manner prescribed in Standing Order 87, and Standing Order 86(2) shall accordingly apply.

Is it agreed to proceed? Agreed. I welcome the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Alan Kelly, as well as officials from his Department. They are Mr. John O'Neill, principal officer, and Mr. David Walker, assistant principal officer in the climate section of the Department. I thank them for their attendance.