3 Apr 2012, 16:49
The newly established Oireachtas Sub-Committee on the EU Fiscal Treaty will tomorrow continue its discussions on the Fiscal Treaty with leading academics in the fields of economics, political science and European law.
At 2 pm Dan O’Brien, Economics Editor of The Irish Times, Prof Philip Lane, Professor of International Macroeconomics at Trinity College Dublin and Jim Power, Chief Economist with Friends First will address the Committee. Dr Gavin Barrett of the UCD School of Law and Dr John O’Brennan of NUI Maynooth’s Department of Sociology will follow with presentations at 4 pm.
Earlier in the morning, at 11 am, the Sub-Committee will meet with significant voices on the Treaty from the UK. Sharon Bowles MEP, Chair of the European Parliament's Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee, and Lord Lyndon Harrison, Chair of the House of Lords Sub-Committee on Economic and Financial Affairs and International Trade, will address the Committee.
These meetings of the Sub-Committee on the Referendum on the Intergovernmental Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union will be covered live on Oireachtas UPC Channel 801.
Committee Chairman Dominic Hannigan TD says: “Our cross-party Sub-Committee is playing a key role in connecting the new Treaty with the Irish public in the run up to referendum day on 31 May. The Committee is meeting extensively this week, hearing from prominent voices in politics, civil society, academia and diplomacy over three days.
“Tomorrow’s sessions will provide an opportunity for the Sub-Committee to engage with experts from a range of academic fields. We are also looking forward to questioning our guests from the UK, who each chair influential committees within the European Parliament and the House of Lords.”
The meetings take place from 11 am tomorrow Wednesday 4 April in Committee Room 2, Leinster House 2000. It will be broadcast live on UPC Channel 801 and online via this link: http://bit.ly/24YmPI
View full programme this week: http://bit.ly/zTXRyi
ENDS
For further information please contact:
Paul Hand,
Houses of the Oireachtas,
Communications Unit,
Leinster House,
Dublin 2
P: +353 1 618 4484
M: +353 87 694 9926
Sub-Committee Membership
Deputies
Dominic Hannigan, TD (Chairman)
Paschal Donohoe, TD (Vice-Chairman)
Timmy Dooley, TD
Bernard J Durkan, TD
Colm Keaveney, TD
Seán Kyne, TD
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn, TD
Joe O’Reilly, TD
Mick Wallace, TD
Senators
Colm Burke,
Fidelma Healy Eames,
James Heffernan,
Terry Leyden,
Kathryn Reilly