Maurice Cummins (Fine Gael)

I move:

That the proposal that Seanad Éireann approves:

(a) the exercise by the State of the option or discretion under Protocol No. 21 on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area of freedom, security and justice annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, to take part in the adoption and application of the following proposed measures:

(i) Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing, for the period 2014 to 2020, the Justice Programme, a copy of which was laid before Seanad Éireann on 21st December, 2011;

(ii) Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Asylum and Migration Fund, a copy of which was laid before Seanad on 12th December, 2011;

(iii) Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down general provisions on the Asylum and Migration Fund and on the instrument for financial support for police cooperation, venting and combating crime, and crisis management, a copy of which was laid before Seanad Éireann on 12th December, 2011;

(iv) Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing, as part of the Internal Security Fund, the instrument for financial support for police cooperation, preventing and combating crime, and crisis management, a copy of which was laid before Seanad on 21st December, 2011; and

(v) insofar as the measure relates to the operational management of EURODAC, established by Council Regulation (EC) No. 2725/2000, EU Regulation No.1077/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a European Agency for the operational management of large-scale IT systems in the area of freedom, security and justice, a copy of which was laid before Seanad Éireann on 11th January, 2012; and

(b) the exercise by the State of the option or discretion, provided by Article 4 of Protocol No. 19 on the Schengen Acquis integrated into the Framework of the European Union annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, to request a decision of the Council of the European Union that the State shall take part in the following measure to the extent that it relates to the operational management of the Visa Information System (VIS), the establishment, operation and use of which are governed by Decision 2004/512/EC, Regulation (EC) No.767/2008 and Decision 2008/633/JHA, and the parts of the second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II) governed by Regulation (EC) No. 1987/2006 in which Ireland does not participate: Regulation (EU) No. 1077/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a European Agency for the operational management of large-scale IT systems in the area of freedom, security and justice, a copy of which was laid before Seanad Éireann on 11th January, 2012,

be referred to the Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality, in accordance with Standing Order 70A(3), which, not later than 13th March, 2012, shall send a message to the Seanad in the manner prescribed in Standing Order 73, and Standing Order 75(2) shall accordingly apply.''