Mary O'Rourke (Fianna Fail)

I move:

That Seanad Éireann approves the exercise by the State of the option, provided by Article 3 of the fourth Protocol set out in the Treaty of Amsterdam, to notify the President of the Council that it wishes to take part in the adoption and application of the following proposed measure:

a proposal for a Council Directive on a specific procedure for admitting third-country nationals for purposes of scientific research

a copy of which proposed measure was laid before Seanad Éireann on 12th May, 2004."