Dáil Éireann debate -
Thursday, 3 Jul 2003

Vol. 570 No. 4

European Council Regulations: Motion.

Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach (Ms Hanafin)

I move:

That Dáil Éireann approves 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:

a proposal for a Council regulation on procedures for amending the Sirene manual,

a copy of which proposed measure was laid before Dáil Éireann on 16 May 2003.

An Ceann Comhairle

Is the motion agreed?

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

No.

An Ceann Comhairle

I will put the question.

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

Ba mhaith liom a mhíniú cén fáth go bhfuil mé ag cur ina choinne.

An Ceann Comhairle

We cannot have a debate on this motion. We have already agreed in the House that there would be no debate on it.

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

I am not asking for a debate.

An Ceann Comhairle

No comment can be made on it as it was agreed by the House that the motion would be taken without debate.

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

This is an important issue which should be debated in this House.

Question put and declared carried.