Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 14 November 2012
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform
Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals.
3:45 pm
Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Independent)
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May I get Mr. Gallagher's opinion on enforcement mechanisms? We can have what, I hope, will be a useful conversation with the European Commission about the budget to make it as healthy as possible. Ultimately if, having got the Commission's opinion, we fundamentally disagree and are going ahead with the budget as proposed, what power of enforcement does the European Commission have?