Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 11 May 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs

Europe Day and the European Year of Youth 2022: Engagement with Comhairle na nÓg

Ms Prachi Agrawal:

On the question of whether the vision of Europe still exists in our mind, I think that in light of certain events, when we think of the EU, we think of a faraway place that has economic boundaries and government officials doing things that we never understand. It blends into the Deputy's second question on whether we are informed about legislation. It is hard, because sometimes we forget we are only 15 or 16. It is really hard to digest all the different legislation and things that are happening. I think the vision of the EU still exists and there is some meaning to it. I think we recognise we are part of a bigger union that was essentially set up to help us. However, it gets lost somewhere because we do not understand as much as we should.

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