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Dáil Éireann debate -
Thursday, 2 Jun 2016

Vol. 911 No. 3

Membership of the Committee on Procedure and Privileges and the Committee of Selection: Motion

I move:

That--

(1) two members in total may be nominated to the Committee of Selection by the Government (notwithstanding the Order of the Dáil of 31st May 2016, which provided for Fine Gael to appoint one member to the Committee); and

(2) notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order 107(4) and the Order of the Dáil of 19th May 2016, the Committee on Procedure and Privileges shall consist of the Ceann Comhairle, who ex officio shall be Chairman and who shall have only one vote, and 14 other members, of whom four shall be appointed by the Government, three by Fianna Fáil, two by Sinn Féin, one by the Labour Party, one by the Anti-Austerity Alliance-People Before Profit, one by Independents4Change, one by the Rural Alliance group, and one by the Social Democrats-Green Party group. Six shall constitute a quorum, and the Ceann Comhairle shall announce the names of the members appointed for the information of the Dáil on the first sitting day following their appointment.

Question put and agreed to.
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