I move:
That Seanad Éireann approves the exercise by the State of the option provided by Article 4 of the second Protocol to the Treaty of Amsterdam, to notify the Council that it wishes to take part in the provisions of the Schengen acquis specified in:
the proposed Council Decision concerning Ireland's request to take part in some of the provisions of the Schengen acquis;and approves the exercise by the State of the option provided by Article 4 of the fourth Protocol to the Treaty of Amsterdam, to notify the Council and the Commission that it wishes to accept the following measures:
Council Directive 2001/40/EC of 28th May, 2001, on the mutual recognition of decisions on the expulsion of third country nationals;
Council Directive 2001/51/EC of 28th June, 2001, supplementing the provisions of Article 26 of the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement of 14th June, 1985;
Council Regulation (EC) No. 2424/2001 of 6th December, 2001, on the development of the second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II);
copies of which were laid before Seanad Éireann on 29th January, 2002.