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 European Affairs to—
(i) consider such matters arising from Ireland's membership of the European Communities and its adherence to the Treaty on European Union, as it may select,
(ii) consider such—
(I) programmes and guidelines prepared by the Commission of the European Communities as a basis for possible legislative action and such drafts of regulations, directives, decisions, recommendations and opinions of the Council of Ministers proposed by the Commission,
(II) acts of the institutions of those Communities,
(III) regulations under the European Communities Acts, 1972 to 1995,
(IV) other instruments made under statute and necessitated by the obligations of membership of those Communities, as it may select,
(iii) consider such other matters as may be jointly referred to it from time to time by both Houses of the Oireachtas, and
(iv) represent the Houses of the Oireachtas at the Conference of European Affairs Committees (COSAC),
and shall report thereon to both Houses of the Oireachtas and
(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.