12 Márta 2014, 11:22
The Oireachtas Joint Committee on European Union Affairs will tomorrow meet with Minister for European Affairs Paschal Donohoe TD to consider Ireland’s approach at the upcoming meeting of the General Affairs Council (GAC), to be held in Brussels on 18 March.
12 March 2014
Chairman of the Committee Dominic Hannigan TD says: “Our Committee meeting tomorrow is a valuable opportunity to explore Irish government policy with Minister Donohoe in advance of the key monthly General Affairs Council meeting. The next GAC is scheduled to prepare the ground for the upcoming European Summit, which will focus on the European Semester, the EU’s industrial competitiveness, climate and energy and EU-Africa relations. The Committee has been closely following the implementation of the European Semester in 2014, which involves Member States aligning their budgetary and economic policies with the objectives and rules agreed at EU level. Following the expected adoption of EU-level guidance at the March Summit, Member States will prepare their National Reform and Stability Programmes for submission to the European Commission in April.”
The meeting takes place tomorrow Thursday 13 March at 3 pm in Committee Room 3, LH 2000 and can be viewed online here.
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Committee Membership
Deputies: Eric Byrne, Seán Crowe, Timmy Dooley, Bernard J. Durkan, John Halligan, Dominic Hannigan (Chair), Seán Kyne, Dara Murphy (Vice-Chair) and Joe O’Reilly
Senators: Colm Burke, Aideen Hayden, Terry Leyden, Catherine Noone and Kathryn Reilly