Mary O'Rourke (Fianna Fail)

I move:

That Seanad Éireann approves the exercise by the State of the option or discretion 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 decision of the European Parliament and the Council establishing the European Return Fund for the period 2008-2013 as part of the general programme 'Solidarity and Management of Migration Flows',

a copy of which proposed measure was laid before Seanad Éireann on 3rd June 2005.