Dáil debates

Tuesday, 25 May 2010

Order of Business.

Economic Partnership Agreements: Motion

2:30 pm

Photo of John CurranJohn Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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I move:

That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves the terms of the three interim Economic Partnership Agreements:

(i) Interim Agreement with a view to an Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the SADC EPA (Southern African Development Community Economic Partnership Agreement) States, of the other part;

(ii) Agreement establishing a framework for an Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, on the one part, and the East African Community Partner States, on the other part; and

(iii) Interim Agreement establishing a framework for an Economic Partnership Agreement between the Eastern and Southern Africa States, on the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, on the other part,

which were laid before Dáil Éireann on 12 April 2010, be referred to the Select Committee on Foreign Affairs in accordance with paragraph (1) of the Orders of Reference of that committee, which, not later than 16 June 2010, shall send a message to the Dáil in the manner prescribed in Standing Order 87, and Standing Order 86(2) shall accordingly apply."