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

I welcome the witnesses to the committee and thank Mr. Leandro for his contribution. I do not believe the country-specific recommendations for Ireland caused any great surprise, mainly because we were in the programme in previous years and this was, if one likes, a continuation of that. What is the position in other European countries regarding their country-specific recommendations and are they causing problems? Overall, is there a better role for national parliaments within the European semester process and how can this be refined to ensure accountability within the system? I am specifically interested in other countries because the measures put forward in the last couple of country-specific recommendations were not a great surprise here in Ireland.