SECOND INTERIM REPORT

Joint Committee on Health and Children

Order Establishing sub-Committee

Ordered on 24 January 2001 (**and as amended on 7 March 2001, ***and as amended on 24 May 2001):-

"That-

(a) a sub-Committee (to be called the sub-Committee on Health and Smoking) be established to consider such matters as it may think fit arising from the Report of the Joint Committee on Health and Children entitled "A National Anti-Smoking Strategy - A report on Smoking and Health" and to report to the Joint Committee thereon not later than 18 June 2001;

***(b) the sub-Committee shall consist of 7 Members of whom 4 shall be Members of Dáil Éireann and 3 shall be Members of Seanad Éireann;

**(c) the quorum of the sub-Committee shall be four, of whom at least 1 shall be a Member of Dáil Éireann and 1 a Member of Seanad Éireann; the quorum shall be present for all the meetings of the sub-Committee;

**(c)(i) in the event of a member of the sub-Committee being absent from any meeting or part thereof where evidence is heard, which is controversial on the facts, that member shall refrain from expressing opinion or in any way make judgement upon any aspect of that evidence or related evidence;

(d) in relation to the matter specifically referred to it in paragraph (a) above, the sub-Committee shall have those functions of the Joint Committee which are set out in paragraphs 2(a)(i) to 2(a)(iv) (Dáil) and in paragraphs 1(a)(i) to 1(a)(iv) (Seanad) of the Joint Committee's Orders of Reference; and

(e) the Sub-Committee shall have all the powers of the main Committee, namely, those contained in Standing Order 78A(1), (2) and (4) to ( (9) (Dáil) and in Standing Order 65A(1), (2) and (4) to (9)(Seanad) and the power to send for persons, papers and records as defined in Standing Order 79 (Dáil) and in Standing Order 68 (Seanad): provided that exercise of the powers to print and publish evidence, to travel and to engage consultants shall in each case, be subject to the approval of the Joint Committee. "

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