The next item is the minutes of the meeting of 15 January. The draft minutes of the last meeting have been circulated. Are they agreed? Agreed.
Correspondence received since the last meeting has been circulated. No. 31 is a letter from the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform acknowledging receipt of the committee's submission to the European Commission on the Green Paper entitled A Future Common European Asylum System. The submission was copied to the Department for information purposes. It is proposed to note this correspondence. Is this agreed? Agreed.
No. 40 is an information note received from the Department of Finance regarding the EU's own resources decision. The new own resources decision was ratified by the Council on 7 June 2007 and must now be ratified by all member states. In Ireland this is done by way of Government decision. It is expected that the Government decision will be made by the end of February or the beginning of March. The joint committee will be informed accordingly. We also need to refer this to the Joint Committee on European Scrutiny for its information. Is that agreed? Agreed.
No. 41 is a paper received from the Macedonian Parliament regarding EU accession negotiations. I hope all members of the committee have read this carefully. It is proposed that we note it. Is that agreed? Agreed.
No. 42 is a copy of the Equality Authority's submission to the European Commission as part of the consultation process on social realities. It is proposed to note this. Is that agreed? Agreed.
No. 43 is the fourth annual report on developments in the European Union in 2006, prepared in accordance with the European Union (Scrutiny) Act 2002. It is proposed to note this. Is that agreed? Agreed.