Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 6 March 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

EU Finances Post-2020: European Commissioner for Budget and Human Resources

3:15 pm

Mr. Günther Oettinger:

There is no time limit. It has to come out in May, as I mentioned. It would be in the interest of our citizens, our farmers, our researchers, our mayors and our regions to have a decision as soon as possible in order to get clarity and certainty. There is a problem in that the European Parliament election is at the end of May next year. We have two windows, before or afterwards.