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Seanad Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 31 Jan 2017

Vol. 249 No. 12

EU Directive on Illicit Drug Trafficking: Referral to Joint Committee

I move:

That the proposal that Seanad Éireann approves the exercise by the State of the option or discretion under Protocol No. 21 on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area of freedom, security and justice annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, to take part in the adoption and application of the following proposed measure:

Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council framework Decision 2004/757/JHA of 25 October 2004 laying down minimum provisions on the constituent elements of criminal acts and penalties in the field of illicit drug trafficking, as regards the definition of drug,

a copy of which was laid before Seanad Éireann on 26 January 2017, be referred to the Joint Committee on Health, in accordance with Standing Order 70A(3)(k), which, not later than 8 February 2017, shall send a message to the Seanad in the manner prescribed in Standing Order 74, and Standing Order 76(2) shall accordingly apply.

Question put and agreed to.
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