In accordance with Standing Order 85, the following message will be sent to the Dáil:
The Select Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and Women's Rights has completed its consideration of the motion that Dáil Éireann approves the despatch, pursuant to section 2 of the Defence (Amendment)(No.2) Act 1960, as applied by the Defence (Amendment) Act 1993, of a contingent of the Permanent Defence Force for service with the United Nations mission in Liberia, UNMIL, established on 19 September 2003 under UN Security Council Resolution 1509 of 2003 in carrying out its additional roles in relation to:
(i) the provision of security for the special court for Sierra Leone and the evacuation, if and when needed, of UNMIL military personnel and officials of the court in the event of a serious security crisis affecting those personnel and the court as set out in Security Council Resolution 1626 of 19 September 2005, and
(ii) the apprehension and detention of former President Charles Taylor in the event of a return to Liberia and his transfer or the facilitation of his transfer to Sierra Leone for prosecution before the special court for Sierra Leone and the keeping of the Liberian Government, the Sierra Leone Government and the Council fully informed as set out in UN Security Council Resolution 1638 of 11 November 2005.
The select committee adjourned at 3.45 p.m. sine die.