Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 6 December 2016
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals
2:00 pm
Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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I wanted to pick up on the core role of this committee. It is great to have the detail in terms of what is proposed and what the Department is thinking on this. We have a question to answer on the issue of subsidiarity and proportionality. We answered that question as a parliament in 2011. My colleague asked Mr. Hession a question in that context. He mentioned that the easy thing to do would be to look at what was done in 2011. While there have been changes to the CCCTB, its premise is still the same. Has Mr. Hession reviewed the reasoned opinion by the Dáil on the five reasons?