Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 31 January 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform

Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals

12:25 pm

Photo of Pearse DohertyPearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I wish to ask one final question, although, unfortunately, I have to be somewhere at 1 p.m. There is a complete article devoted to the possible reunification of Cyprus. There is nothing new in treaties and articles being devoted to the reunification of countries. In the past we have seen that the reunification of Germany was specifically allowed for in an EU treaty and it allowed the parties to avail of state aid exemptions and so on. Has there been any discussion whatsoever on the possibility of reunification on the island of Ireland in respect of the MFF and trying to secure additional supports? It is the stated intention of all parties here, bar one or two of the smaller parties; the larger parties are all in support of Irish reunification. Does this factor in any way in the negotiations at European level?

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