Mary O'Rourke (Fianna Fail)

I move:

That Seanad Éireann approves in accordance with Article 29.4.6° of Bunreacht na hÉireann, 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 of the European Union that it wishes to take part in the adoption and application of the following proposed measure:

proposal for a Council Decision on the accession of the European Community to the Hague Conference on Private International Law,

a copy of which proposed measure was laid before Seanad Éireann on 5 January 2006.