Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 1:

To insert the following after “that the Cathaoirleach of the Seanad may make a closing statement at the end of the meeting; and”:“(b) notwithstanding Standing Order 87(c), Members of the Westminster Parliament elected from constituencies in Northern Ireland and Members of the European Parliament elected from constituencies in Ireland, including Northern Ireland, shall be allowed to exercise the speaking rights which apply in the Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement and the Joint Committee on European Union Affairs for the purposes of a joint meeting or meetings in this Dáil for an exchange of views with Mr. Guy Verhofstadt; and”

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