Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

The council will complete the report on the Lisbon strategy and the open method of co-ordination over the next number of months. It is undertaking its three-yearly strategic overview of the Irish economy and social policy, which is a large report and is used as the basis for negotiations on the three-year programmes. I do not have dates for the other reports. The council is working on migration policy, child poverty and child income supports and the periodic social report. The report on the taxation system in the medium term is nearing completion. I do not have dates for the reports on competition regulation in network systems or on innovation foresight, but most of the work is ongoing at present.

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