I move:
(1) (a) That a Select Committee consisting of 5 Members of Seanad Éireann shall be appointed to be joined with a Select Committee of Dáil Éireann to form the Joint Committee on Finance and the Public Service to consider—
(i) such public affairs administered by the Department of the Taoiseach and the Department of Finance as it may select, including bodies under the aegis of those Departments in respect of Government policy,
(ii) such matters of policy for which the Taoiseach and the Minister for Finance are officially responsible as it may select,
(iii) the strategy statement laid before each House of the Oireachtas by the Taoiseach and the Minister for Finance pursuant to section 5(2) of the Public Service Management Act, 1997, and shall be authorised for the purposes of section 10 of that Act, and
(iv) such other matters as may be jointly referred to it from time to time by both Houses of the Oireachtas,
and shall report thereon to both Houses of the Oireachtas.
(b) The quorum of the Joint Committee shall be 5, of whom at least 1 shall be a Member of Dáil Éireann and 1 a Member of Seanad Éireann.
(c) The Joint Committee shall have the powers defined in Standing Order 62A(1) to (9) inclusive.
(2) The Chairman of the Joint Committee shall be a Member of Dáil Éireann.