Eamon Gilmore
Ceist:51 Mr. Gilmore asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the views of the Irish Government on the proposals which the European Parliament has put to the EC Council concerning changes in the procedure for elections to the European Parliament; if changes in the electoral procedures will be in place before the 1994 elections; if he intends to introduce legislation to ratify the decision of the Edinburgh Summit which increases the number of seats in the Parliament for all member states except Denmark, Ireland and Luxembourg; if so, when; and if he will make a statement on the matter.