Mary O'Rourke (Fianna Fail)

I move:

(1) (a) That a Select Committee consisting of 4 members of Seanad Éireann shall be appointed to be joined with a Select Committee of Dáil Éireann to form the Joint Committee on European Affairs to –

(i) scrutinise, in the context of European Union issues and measures to be taken by the Council of Ministers of the European Union,

(I) any proposals under the Community treaties for legislation by the Council or the Council acting jointly with the European Parliament,

(II) any document which is published for submission to the European Council, the Council or the European Central Bank,

(III) any proposal for a common strategy, a joint action or a common position under Title V of the Treaty on European Union which is prepared for submission to the Council or to the European Council,