Seán Kyne (Galway West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I have a few questions for the Minister of State. On the country-specific recommendations, I welcome the fact that they have been reduced from seven to four. Will he agree that the specific recommendations are areas on which the Government is already working? As he said, there are no great surprises in this respect as these are issues on which the Government has been focusing. What opportunities does the Minister of State envisage there will be for Ireland if a digital single market is created?

I appreciate that the migration issue was discussed previously and that it will be discussed again at an EU Council meeting. What is the Minister of State's view of the quota proposal? I am sure he would have seen the letter from the committee to An Taoiseach a few weeks ago following our meeting with various guests, including the Italian ambassador, who gave an update on the situation, including in his home country.

On the UK situation, is there a firm indication that the Prime Minister will lay out his stall on the occasion of the next European Council meeting? From talking to his counterparts across Europe, what is his view on what could possibly be agreed to in treaty negotiations in terms of changes with respect to some of the opt-out provisions from clauses about which the UK has concerns?