14 May 2012, 15:29
A comprehensive report on the Fiscal Treaty will be launched by the EU Affairs Committee this Wednesday afternoon.
Both the Joint Committee on European Union Affairs and Sub-Committee on the Referendum, established in March, heard leading economists, academics, lawyers, politicians, ambassadors and representatives from Irish civil society debate the Treaty. All in all, the Committee heard evidence from a total of 61 witnesses over 24 separate sessions.
Chairman of the Joint Committee Dominic Hannigan says: “Between January and April, our Committee and Sub-Committee heard the deeply held views of advocates and opponents of the Treaty.”
“These meetings were designed to allow the members of the Committee to engage with a cross section of opinion of Irish society and beyond, and to stimulate debate prior to the referendum on the Treaty. This user-friendly report distills the arguments presented from both sides of the debate.
“Our cross-party Committee hopes that it will inform and enlighten the citizens we serve in advance of what both sides of the debate agree is a critical decision for the Irish people on 31 May.”
Event: Launch of the Report of Sub-Committee on the Referendum on the Intergovernmental Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union
Location: AV Room, Leinster House
Date: Wednesday 16 May 2012
Time: 2:30 pm
You are invited to attend, or send a representative, to the launch of the report. To attend this event you must be accredited to attend briefings in Leinster House. To arrange for accreditation for the event or for further information please contact:
Paul Hand,
Houses of the Oireachtas,
Communications Unit,
Leinster House,
Dublin 2
P: +3531 618 4484
M: +353 87 6949926
F: +3531 618 4551
paul.hand@oireachtas.ie
Access the EU Affairs Committee webpage for links to transcripts, submissions, presentations, video clips and press releases on the Treaty debates.
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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