The Committee on National Cohesion and Equal Opportunity is established pursuant to Standing 212C of the National Assembly Standing Orders. The Committee — 

(a) monitors and promotes measures relating to policy and programme initiatives in pursuit of peace and national cohesion; 

(b) investigates, inquiries into, and reports on all matters relating to intercommunity cohesion; 

(c) monitors and promotes measures designed to enhance the equalization of opportunities and improvement in the quality of life and status of all persons, including persons who are marginalized on the basis of gender, age, disability, health status, ethnic, racial, cultural or religious background or affiliation, or any other such ground; 

(d) investigates, inquires into, and reports on all matters relating to discrimination or marginalization of persons referred to under sub-paragraph (c); 

(e) makes proposals to Parliament, including legislative proposals for the protection, equalization of opportunities, and promotion of the welfare of the groups referred to under sub-paragraph (c); and 

(f) examine the activities and administration of all state departments and statutory bodies in so far as they relate to the rights and welfare of the persons referred to under sub-paragraph (c).