Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)

I move:

That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves:

(i) Ireland's accession to the Memorandum of Understanding concerning the principles for the establishment and operation of a battlegroup to be made available to the European Union in the second half of the year 2012, and

(ii) the terms of the Agreement between the Government of Ireland and the Government of the United States of America on Enhancing Cooperation in Preventing and Combating Serious Crime which was signed at Dublin on 21 July, 2011 and a copy of which was laid before Dáil Éireann on 10 January, 2012,

be referred to the Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality, in accordance with Standing Order 82A(3)(b), which, not later than 7 February, 2012, shall send a message to the Dáil in the manner prescribed in Standing Order 87, and Standing Order 86(2) shall accordingly apply.

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