In accordance with Standing Order 87, the following message will be sent to the Dáil:

The Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform has completed its consideration of the following motion:

That Dáil Éireann approves the payment by the Minister for Finance, pursuant to section 46(1) of the National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Act 2014, from the Central Fund to the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund of €335,272,562.50 (three-hundred and thirty-five million, two-hundred and seventy-two thousand, five-hundred and sixty-two euro and fifty cent) being the amount of the funds derived from the proceeds of the sale of the State’s shareholding in Aer Lingus.