Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 11 June 2013
134. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of times the European Commission has brought recommendations for actions under the Excessive Deficit Procedure to the European Council; the way Ireland voted in each instance and if there was no vote if Ireland objected in any way to any of the recommendations. [27106/13]
View answer149. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of times the European Commission has brought recommendations for actions under the Excessive Deficit Procedure to ECOFIN; the way Ireland voted in each instance; and if there was no vote, if Ireland objected in any way to any of the recommendations. [27188/13]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 134 and 149 together.
All European Commission recommendations to Council relating to implementation of the Excessive Deficit Procedure can be found at the following link: http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/economic_governance/sgp/corrective_arm/index_en.htm.
The Commission’s recommendations are discussed at Council. Typically decisions are reached by consensus rather than by formal vote.
