Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)

I thank the Minister of State. As I said, this is a small step forward in the European Parliament developing its own mandate and I hope it will bring more focus to our business. As Deputy Costello said, I hope it triggers some fresh thinking about the way we do our business here to ensure we give more attention to European issues and that, in turn, we give our voters more interest in and understanding of them.

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