Catherine Noone (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The presentation highlights the lack of joined-up government and a local–regional dimension. This has been a problem for years and the semester process is taking the local dimension further away from the European Union. Are there measures that could make a significant difference to communication and get to those more at the coalface of local development and issues that this committee could support? There are many ideas about EU scrutiny and further engagement. What ideas at local level would the Committee of the Regions suggest to have more effective communication with European institutions?