Dominic Hannigan (Meath East, Labour)
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On behalf of the committee I welcome the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Eamon Gilmore. The Tánaiste will attend the General Affairs Council meeting next week in Brussels. This afternoon he will outline to the committee the issues to be addressed at the General Affairs Council. The Tánaiste will chair the meeting, which will focus on the preparation of the European Council of 14-15 March and which is expected to be dominated by European issues and, in particular, the European semester. We are looking forward to his contribution today and to discussing the semester, an issue the committee has held several meetings about. I call on the Tánaiste to outline his views.