Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 21 February 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence

Joint Sitting with Joint Committee on European Union Affairs
First Vice-President of the European Commission, Mr. Frans Timmermans: Discussion

12:30 pm

Mr. Frans Timmermans:

Firstl, it is a great innovation to see members of the European Parliament participating in this debate. I highly welcome that. A number of member states do this and it leads to cross-fertilisation, which is extremely helpful for the work on both sides. Mr. Hayes also knows that he has put questions to me that I cannot answer at this stage.