Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 1:

1. To delete all words after “That” and substitute the following:“(a) a Special Committee be appointed to be joined with a Special Committee to be appointed by Seanad Éireann, to form the Joint Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural (ESC) Rights;

(b) the Eighth Report of the Convention on the Constitution, copies of which were laid before Dáil Éireann on 30th March, 2014, including its recommendations in relation to the right to housing, be referred to the Joint Committee, which shall review the report and consider the implications arising in terms of balance of rights, good governance (including the separation of powers) and resource prioritisation;

(c) an appropriate opportunity be provided, in due course, for Dáil Éireann to consider the report of the Joint Committee;

(d) the Special Committee shall be made up of 14 members of the Dáil, of which three members shall be appointed by Fine Gael, three members by Fianna Fáil, two members by Sinn Féin, one member by the Labour Party and five members representing the Independent Deputies and members from other political parties;

(e) four shall constitute a quorum of the Joint Committee, at least one of whom shall be a member of the Dáil, and one a member of the Seanad;

(f) notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order 93, the Joint Committee shall elect one of its members to be Chairman, who shall have only one vote;

(g) the Ceann Comhairle shall announce the names of the members appointed under paragraph (d) for the information of the Dáil on the first sitting day following their appointment; and

(h) the Joint Committee shall have the powers defined in Standing Order 85(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (7), (8) and (9)."

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