Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 22 May 2024

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

Scrutiny of EU Proposals

Ms Niamh N? Bhriain:

As I understand it, there was no unanimous Council decision. I would have to double-check. From reading what came before approval in the Parliament, basically the European Commissioner Thierry Breton went on a tour of Europe and visited all of these factories throughout Europe. He came back and put forward this proposal. He made reference to the exceptional situation and the urgency. I would have to double-check to be sure there was no explicit Council-----