Dominic Hannigan (Meath East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the Tánaiste here today. Today is Europe Day and the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Eamon Gilmore, has to be somewhere else directly after this meeting so we have approximately one hour for our meeting. The Minister will attend the General Affairs Council meeting in Brussels later this month, I think on 21 May. Today we would like to talk to him about what he expects to be discussed there. Of importance will be the multi-annual financial framework. I hope too that he will take the opportunity to update the committee today on the progress of our EU Presidency.