In accordance with Standing Order 87, the following message will be sent to the Dáil:
The Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality has completed its consideration of the following motions:
That Dáil Éireann approves Ireland's accession to the Memorandum of Understanding concerning the principles for the establishment and operation of a battlegroup to be made available to the European Union in the second half of 2012.
That Dáil Éireann, pursuant to Article 29.5 of Bunreacht na hÉireann, approves the terms of the Agreement between the Government of Ireland and the Government of the United States of America On Enhancing Cooperation in Preventing and Combating Serious Crime laid before the Dáil on 10 January 2012.