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 Health and Children to consider—
(i) such public affairs administered by the Department of Health and Children as it may select, including bodies under the aegis of that Department in respect of Government policy,
(ii) such matters of policy for which the Minister in charge of that Department is officially responsible as it may select,
(iii) the strategy statement laid before each House of the Oireachtas by the Minister in charge of that Department 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 1a 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.