Fiona O'Loughlin (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I move:

That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders- (1) the Committee standing established under Standing Order 125 shall be called the Seanad Select Committee on Subsidiarity (European Union Legislative Scrutiny), and shall consist of twelve members, of whom five shall constitute a quorum;

(2) the Select Committee shall meet where necessary to perform the following functions:

(a) to consider the potential requirement for a reasoned opinion that a draft legislative act does not comply with the principle of subsidiarity as provided for in paragraph (1) of Standing Order 127;

(b) to consider such notifications under paragraphs (1)(a) and (b) of Standing Order 128 as may be referred to it by Seanad Éireann;

(c) to consider potential infringements of the principle of subsidiarity as provided for in paragraph (1) of Standing Order 129; and

(d) to consider other draft legislative acts which it deems appropriate;

(3) the Select Committee shall have the powers defined in-

(a) Standing Order 80(1), (2), (3), (4) and (10); and

(b) Standing Orders 127, 128 and 129;

(4) The Committee shall stand dissolved when the Seanad appoints members to the Departmental Select Committees established under Standing Order 79.