I move:
That Dáil Éireann, pursuant to section 4(2)(f)(iv) of the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Acts 2003 to 2013, hereby authorises the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission to conduct the defence of the proceedings initiated against the Clerk of Dáil Éireann (in a representative capacity as representing the Members of Dáil Éireann), Deputy Seán Barrett, Ceann Comhairle, Deputy Joe Carey, Deputy John Halligan, Deputy Martin Heydon, Deputy Paul Kehoe, Deputy John Lyons, Deputy Dinny McGinley, Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl, Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh and Deputy Emmet Stagg (as members of the Committee on Procedure and Privileges of Dáil Éireann), in a manner that safeguards public funds, in the proceedings entitled Denis O’Brien v. Clerk of Dáil Éireann and others (High Court Record No. 2015/4888P) arising solely out of the performance by the Members concerned of their parliamentary functions as Members of Dáil Éireann.