Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 11 June 2013
111. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline his Minister of State's recent engagements at the May Plenary session of the European Parliament held in Strasbourg; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26959/13]
View answerThe Minister of State for European Affairs attended the European Parliament plenary session in Strasbourg on 21-22 May 2013. The Minister represented the Council in plenary debates on preparations for the European Council meeting of 22 May, Banking union-Single Supervisory Mechanism, the draft World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Treaty on copyright exceptions for the visually impaired, implementation of the Stockholm Programme and establishment of the area of freedom, security and justice, 2012 Progress Reports on enlargement in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and the EU trade and investment agreement negotiations with the US. While in Strasbourg, the Minister met with members of the Parliament’s negotiating team on the Multi-annual Financial Framework (MFF) and bilaterally with key MEPs to discuss the MFF. She also met with the Chair of the European Parliament’s Conference of Committee Chairs and with Irish MEPs.
