I move:
That the Standing Orders of Dáil Éireann relative to Public Business are hereby amended by—
(a) the deletion, in paragraph (f) of Standing Order 91, of ‘the sub-Committee on Broadcasting' and the substitution therefor of the Joint Committee on Broadcasting and Parliamentary Information';
(b) the deletion of subparagraphs (d) to (g) inclusive of paragraph (1) of Standing Order 92B;
(c) the deletion of paragraph (4) of Standing Order 92B;
(d) the deletion of ‘or the sub-Committee on Broadcasting' and ‘or the sub-Committee as appropriate' in Standing Order 92B(5);
(e) the adoption of the following as an additional Standing Order of Dáil Éireann relative to Public Business—
92C. (1) There shall stand established, following the reassembly of the Dáil subsequent to a General Election, a Select Committee, which shall be joined with a similar Select Committee of the Seanad to constitute the Joint Committee on Broadcasting and Parliamentary Information, to—
(a) discharge the necessary monitoring, administrative and financial arrangements for in-House televising and for sound and televised broadcasting of Dáil Éireann and its Committees;
(b) review and modify, whether subject to any recommendations made by the sub-Committee on Dáil Reform under Standing Order 91(1)(f) or otherwise, the rules of coverage for the televising of proceedings of Dáil Éireann and its Committees;
(c) determine rules of access in respect of the archive of proceedings of Dáil Éireann and its Committees; and
(d) determine from time to time the fees to be payable in respect of broadcasting of proceedings of Dáil Éireann and its Committees.
(2) The Joint Committee shall be responsible for:—
(a) developing facilities to enable the general public to access live coverage of parliamentary proceedings; and
(b) the development of radio facilities;
(3) The Joint Committee shall monitor the operation, by the Public Relations Officer, of the Information and Public Relations service for the Houses of the Oireachtas and their Members collectively and shall recommend to the Ceann Comhairle, and, in relation to functions relating directly to the business of Seanad Éireann, the Cathaoirleach any improvements in the operation of the service which may appear to it to be desirable from time to time.
(4) The Committee shall consist of five members of Dáil Éireann. The quorum of the Joint Committee shall be three, at least one of whom shall be a member of Dáil Éireann and one a member of Seanad Éireann.
(5) The Joint Committee shall have the following powers:
(a) power to appoint sub-Committees as defined in Standing Order 78A(3);
(b) power to engage consultants as defined in Standing Order 78A(8); and
(c) power to travel as defined in Standing Order 78A(9).
(6) The Joint Committee shall have power to nominate persons to assist it in its deliberations; and such persons shall attend such meetings as the Joint Committee may determine.
(7) Every report which the Joint Committee proposes to make shall, on adoption by the Joint Committee, be laid before both Houses forthwith'.; and
(f) the deletion, in paragraph (c) of Standing Order 102, of ‘the sub-Committee on Broadcasting' and the substitution therefor of ‘the Joint Committee on Broadcasting and Parliamentary Information or a sub-Committee thereof'.