I move:
"That–
(a) a Select Committee, which shall be called the Select Committee on Arrangements for Budgetary Scrutiny, shall be established to consider the arrangements that may be necessary or appropriate to develop and support the role of the Houses of the Oireachtas in the budgetary process, namely:
(i) scrutiny of revenue-raising proposals,
(ii) scrutiny of expenditure proposals and associated performance, and
(iii) review of the general fiscal position, with a view to ensuring ex ante and ongoing engagement by the Houses of the Oireachtas and their Committees in a manner intended to increase the capacity of the Houses to exercise influence and achieve accountability throughout the budgetary cycle;
(b) in particular, the Committee shall consider the procedural, administrative and statutory changes that may be necessary or desirable and, in so doing, shall have regard to the proposals made in the OECD report, Budgetary Oversight by Parliament: Ireland, and such submissions as may be referred to it by the sub-Committee on Dáil Reform:
provided that the Committee–
(i) shall seek and, if received, consider the opinions and observations of any public service body which would, in its opinion, be significantly affected by proposals before it for consideration, and
(ii) may also receive and consider the opinions and observations of such other bodies as it considers appropriate;
(c) the Committee shall report its opinions and recommendations in relation to the matters comprehended by paragraph (a) of this order to the sub-Committee on Dáil Reform not later than 35 days after the announcement, provided for in paragraph (e) of this order, of the members nominated to serve on it;
(d) the Committee shall consist of fifteen members of the Dáil, of which four shall constitute a quorum, nominated as follows:
(i) four members by Fine Gael,
(ii) four members by Fianna Fáil,
(iii) two members by Sinn Féin,
(iv) one member by the Labour Party, and
(v) four members by the independent members and members of other political parties;
provided that members may be substituted for as provided for in Standing Order 95(2);
(e) the Ceann Comhairle shall announce the names of the members nominated under paragraph (d) for the information of the Dáil on the first sitting day following the receipt of all nominations;
(f) notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order 93, the Committee shall elect one of its members to be Chairman, who shall have only one vote; and
(g) the Committee shall have the powers defined in Standing Order 85 (other than paragraphs (3), (4) and (6) thereof).”