Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 31 January 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform

Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals

1:15 pm

Photo of Ciarán LynchCiarán Lynch (Cork South Central, Labour)
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The cycle is to continue until 2020. On the basis of Mr. Van Rompuy's comment that we could see a major movement in the budgetary negotiations next week, what would be the position if there were an application to become a member state, such as that of Turkey at present? What would happen with regard to the MFF if the United Kingdom, for example, were to leave?