Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)

Question 55: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent to which he has had discussions with his colleagues in the EU regarding the matter of key appointments to the EU institutions including the EU Commission with a view to ensuring that persons of the highest possible calibre and political experience are appointed and that all appointees are fully aware of their duties and responsibilities to all member states and not just those from which they were nominated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41883/09]

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