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 Justice, Equality and Women's Rights to consider—
(i) such public affairs administered by the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform and the Department of Defence 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 Ministers in charge of those Departments are officially responsible as it may select,
(iii) the strategy statement laid before each House of the Oireachtas by the Minister in charge of those Departments 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 matters relating to women's rights generally, as it may select, and in this regard the Joint Committee shall be free to consider areas relating to any Government Department, 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,
(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.