Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Thursday, 16 Jun 2016

Vol. 913 No. 3

Establishment of Select Committees: Motion

Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach (Deputy Regina Doherty)

I move:

(1) That Select Committees as set out in column (1) of the Schedule hereto are hereby appointed pursuant to Standing Order 84A.

(2) Each Select Committee shall perform the functions set out in Standing Order 84A in respect of the Government Department or Departments listed in column (2) opposite each Committee (in anticipation of the coming into effect of the necessary Government Orders in relation to names of Departments and titles of Ministers and transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions).

(3) The number of members appointed to each Select Committee shall be seven.

(4) Each Select Committee shall have the powers defined in Standing Order 85 (1), (2) and (3).

(5) Each Select Committee shall be joined with a Select Committee appointed by Seanad Éireann to form a Joint Committee to carry out the functions set out in Standing Order 84A, other than at paragraph (3) thereof.

(6) Each Joint Committee shall have the powers defined in Standing Orders 85 (other than paragraph (2A) thereof), 114 and 116.

(7) The Select Committee on Justice and Equality shall have the powers defined in Standing Order 115(1)(b).

(8) The Order of the Dáil of 10th March, 2016 in relation to the Standing Order 112 Select Committee is hereby rescinded and the Committee is accordingly dissolved.

SCHEDULE

	(1) Committee	(2) Department(s)
1	Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine	Agriculture, Food and the Marine
2	Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs	Children and Youth Affairs
3	Select Committee on Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources	Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources
4	Select Committee on Education and Skills	Education and Skills
		Finance
		Public Expenditure and Reform
5	Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach	Taoiseach
		Foreign Affairs and Trade
6	Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence	Defence
7	Select Committee on Health	Health
8	Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government	Housing, Planning and Local Government
9	Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation	Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
10	Select Committee on Justice and Equality	Justice and Equality
11	Select Committee on Regional Development, Rural Affairs, Arts and the Gaeltacht	Regional Development, Rural Affairs, Arts and the Gaeltacht
12	Select Committee on Social Protection	Social Protection
13	Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport	Transport, Tourism and Sport

Question put and agreed to.