Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 18 June 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform

Forthcoming ECOFIN Council: Minister for Finance

5:05 pm

Photo of Michael NoonanMichael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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If Europe operates according to the timetable announced, the mechanism should be in place by the end of November. Any time after that it is a matter of judgment. There is no mechanism at present to which we can apply but anytime after that it is a question of political judgment and Government decision.