I move:
(1) (a) That the Order of the Seanad of 23 October, 1997 is hereby rescinded and that a Select Committee consisting of six Members of Seanad Éireann be appointed to be joined with a Select Committee of Dáil Éireann to form the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs to consider—
(i) such public affairs administered by the Department of Foreign Affairs 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,
(iv) such aspects of Ireland's international relations as it may select, and
(v) 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: provided that any consideration by the Joint Committee, or a sub-Committee thereof, of security issues relating to Northern Ireland shall be in private session and the provisions of Standing Order 69E shall apply.
(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.
(d) The following persons may attend meetings of the Joint Committee and of its sub-Committees and may take part in proceedings without having a right to vote or to move motions and amendments:
(i) Members of the European Parliament elected from constituencies in Ireland (including Northern Ireland),
(ii) members of the Irish delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, and
(iii) at the invitation of the Joint Committee or of a sub-Committee, as appropriate, other Members of the European Parliament.
(2) The Chairman of the Joint Committee shall be a Member of Dáil Éireann.