Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 13 November 2014
Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs
General Affairs Council Meeting: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
2:45 pm
Dara Murphy (Cork North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
That would probably be more suited to the next meeting because the Department of the Taoiseach is currently collating our approach through the institutions. The friends of the Presidency group is conducted at official level and is compiling the various suggestions from other member states and obviously we have a dialogue ourselves. One position we are strong on is that we feel existing treaties are adequate and that what is required of the European Union as a whole, and of our own institution, is that we extract as much as we possibly can from the treaties, rules and frameworks rather than seeking to recreate new processes and new rules. The matter is under discussion as we speak. The committee will be aware there has only been a small number of meetings to date at official level. The conclusions and suggestions will be available to us in early December. That will for the December-----
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