Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 2 July 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Messages to Dáil and Seanad

12:40 pm

Photo of David StantonDavid Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)
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In accordance with Standing Order 87 the following message will be sent to the Dáil:


The Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality at its meeting today has completed its consideration of the following motion:That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves the exercise by the State of the option or discretion under Protocol No. 21 on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area of freedom, security and justice annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, to accept the following measure:
Regulation (EU) No. 603/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26th June, 2013 on the establishment of ‘Eurodac’ for the comparison of fingerprints for the effective application of Regulation (EU) No. 604/2013 establishing the criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible for examining an application for international protection lodged in one of the Member States by a third-country national or a stateless person and on requests for the comparison with Eurodac data by Member States’ law enforcement authorities and Europol for law enforcement purposes, and amending Regulation (EU) No. 1077/2011 establishing a European Agency for the operational management of large-scale IT systems in the area of freedom, security and justice (recast),
a copy of which was laid before Dáil Éireann on 16th April, 2014.”
In accordance with Standing Order 72 the following message will be sent to the Seanad:
The Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality at its meeting today has completed its consideration of the following motion:That the proposal that Seanad Éireann approves the exercise by the State of the option or discretion under Protocol No. 21 on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area of freedom, security and justice annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, to accept the following measure:
Regulation (EU) No. 603/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26th June, 2013 on the establishment of ‘Eurodac’ for the comparison of fingerprints for the effective application of Regulation (EU) No. 604/2013 establishing the criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible for examining an application for international protection lodged in one of the Member States by a third-country national or a stateless person and on requests for the comparison with Eurodac data by Member States’ law enforcement authorities and Europol for law enforcement purposes, and amending Regulation (EU) No. 1077/2011 establishing a European Agency for the operational management of large-scale IT systems in the area of freedom, security and justice (recast),
a copy of which was laid before Seanad Éireann on 16th April, 2014.”