Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 1 February 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

European Union Matters: Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis

9:00 am

Photo of Rose Conway WalshRose Conway Walsh (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I will not ask any more questions but I think the headline figures really belie what is happening in Ireland, particularly in the regions. In the areas I come from we have unemployment rates of 20% to 30%, no broadband and very inadequate infrastructure. We very much rely on the EU for support there. As the witness has said, it is up to our own national Government to make those requests and to tell the real story of what is happening here and tell of the real challenges that citizens across the island are facing.

Former EU Commission President Barosso established a task force, the aim of which was to make sure that Ireland was achieving the maximum possible level of EU funding. Is there a scope for that here?

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