I move:
(1) That a sub-Committee of the Select Committee on Legislation and Security consisting of the Chairman and 11 other members of that Committee be appointed to consider the matters referred to that Committee by order of Dáil Éireann on 6th December, 1994, and to report thereon directly to Dáil Éireann not later than 24th January, 1995.
(2) That the membership of the sub-Committee shall consist of five representatives of the Fianna Fail Party, three representatives of the Fine Gael Party, two representatives of the Labour Party, one representative of the Progressive Democrat Party and one representative of the Democratic Left Party.
(3) The Chairperson of the Select Committee on Legislation and Security shall be the Chairperson of the sub-Committee.
(4) That each party referred to in paragraph (2) shall, before the commencement of the consideration by the Committee at any meeting of the matter referred to it, furnish the Chairperson of the sub-Committee with the name of the member of the sub-Committee nominated by that party to question witnesses attending before the sub-Committee.
(5) That all questions of procedure in the sub-Committee shall, subject to consultation with the Legal Adviser, be determined by a majority of votes of the members present and voting and in the event of there being an equality of votes, the question shall be decided in the negative.
(6) That the quorum of the sub-Committee shall be 6.
(7) That, in the absence from a particular meeting of the sub-Committee of a member, another member of Dáil Éireann, nominated by the Party or group within the meaning of Standing Order 89 to which the absent member belongs, may take part in the proceedings. Any member of Dáil Éireann so substituted may be nominated by his Party for the purposes set out in paragraph (4).
(8) That the sub-Committee shall have power to send for persons, papers and records and, subject to the consent of the Minister for Finance, to engage the services of persons with specialist or technical knowledge to assist it in its consideration of the matters referred to it.
(9) That the sub-Committee shall appoint a Legal Adviser nominated by the Clerk of the Dáil to advise on all legal matters and procedures for the sub-Committee and to ensure that all Constitutional rights are protected.
(10) That the sub-Committee shall have power to take evidence in public and to publish this evidence in its report.
(11) Witnesses attending before the sub-Committee shall have the right to cross-examine other witnesses in person or through a legal representative, to the extent that the sub-Committee is of the opinion that such cross-examination is necessary to defend and vindicate the Constitutional rights of such witnesses.