I move:
That Seanad Éireann approves the exercise by the State of the option or discretion provided by Article 1.11 of the Treaty of Amsterdam to take part in the adoption of the following proposed measure:
a proposal for a Council Framework Decision on taking account of convictions in the Member States of the European Union in the course of new criminal proceedings,
a copy of which proposed measure was laid before Seanad Éireann on the 14th day of May 2008.