Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)

I move amendment No. 1:

In page 7, line 45, to delete "Stait" and substitute "Stáit".

During Committee Stage last week I indicated I would bring forward on Report Stage amendments to the Irish language version of the treaty, as held by the European Commission. The amendments are necessary to ensure consistency of the Irish translation of the treaty with other language translations and to correct grammatical and typographical errors in the Irish version. In the course of preparing the European Stability Mechanism Bill 2012 it emerged that some corrections were required to the Irish language version of the treaty, as held by the European Commission. Before correcting the Irish version of the European Stability Mechanism treaty attached to the Bill, the Irish version of the treaty held by the European Commission had to be amended. The method of correction is known as procès-verbal of rectification, PV. The PV procedure is a simplified process of rectification of the text of the treaties where an error being corrected does not involve a substantive change to the treaties and the contracting states are agreed that there is an error that can be corrected as proposed. It is not a procedure for amending the treaty. In the case of the EU treaties, the procès-verbal is conducted by way of written procedures, where the ratification is made once member states indicate they have no issue with the proposed amendment. This procedure has been completed and the Irish version of the ESM treaty has been corrected. Amendments Nos. 1 to 17, inclusive, will carry through these corrections into the Irish version of the treaty set out in Part 1 of the Schedule to the Bill.

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