Maurice Cummins (Fine Gael)
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I move:

That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, the Order of the Seanad of 14th May 2014 relating to the Joint Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis is amended by–
(a) in paragraph (1), the deletion of the words “, having regard to section 12 of the Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Act 2013 and Standing Order 103C,”; and
(b) the deletion of all words from “to develop a relevant proposal” in paragraph (1) down to and including “may determine” in paragraph (5) and the substitution of the following:“for the purposes of conducting an inquiry within the meaning of section 7 of the Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Act 2013, in accordance with, and subject to, the Terms of Reference Resolution for the inquiry”; and(c) the addition of the following paragraphs:“(2) The Terms of Reference of the Joint Committee shall be as set out in the Terms of Reference Resolution of the Seanad of 26th November 2014 for the Inquiry.
(3) The Select Committee shall consist of four (4) members:

Senators Seán D. Barrett, Michael D'Arcy, Marc MacSharry and Susan O'Keeffe,

and the provisions of Standing Orders 80(1) and (2) shall not apply.
(4) The Chairman of the Joint Committee shall be a member of Dáil Éireann.
(5) The quorum of the Joint Committee shall be five (5), of whom at least one shall be a member of Seanad Éireann, and that quorum shall be present for the duration of all meetings of the Committee.
(6) The Joint Committee shall have the powers set out in Standing Order 71(1), (2), (2A) (subject to the agreement of the Terms of Reference Resolution for the inquiry), (3), (4), (5), (7), (8) and (9).
(7) The Joint Committee shall have the power to nominate persons to assist it in its deliberations; and such persons shall attend meetings as the Joint Committee may determine.
(8) The Joint Committee shall report, pursuant to Standing Order 103L, to both Houses of the Oireachtas no later than 30th November 2015, and Standing Order 86 shall not apply."