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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Review of ECOFIN Matters under Irish EU Presidency: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: I want to come in for a moment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Review of ECOFIN Matters under Irish EU Presidency: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: I have two questions for the Minister. One is broad and the other is specific. Across the early phases of the banking union that the Minister has described, is it not likely that we could face the risk of real fragmentation within the European banking system? Let us consider what has occurred in the sovereign debt markets. For a while, the financial markets lent to countries as if no...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Democratic Legitimacy and Accountability in the EU: Discussion (Resumed) with CEPS (2 Jul 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: Do colleagues have any further questions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Democratic Legitimacy and Accountability in the EU: Discussion (Resumed) with CEPS (2 Jul 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: I will take members in order. I call Senator Healy Eames who will be followed by Deputy Durkan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Democratic Legitimacy and Accountability in the EU: Discussion (Resumed) with CEPS (2 Jul 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: Okay. We will start by saying Dr. Piedrafita agrees with Deputy Durkan in that respect. That is a rare event.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Democratic Legitimacy and Accountability in the EU: Discussion (Resumed) with CEPS (2 Jul 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: That is true.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Democratic Legitimacy and Accountability in the EU: Discussion (Resumed) with CEPS (2 Jul 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: Do colleagues have any other questions? In that case, on behalf of the committee I thank Dr. Piedrafita for her presentation. We will take everything into account in a report that we will produce. We all appreciate her contribution and hope she has a safe journey home.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Democratic Legitimacy and Accountability in the EU: Discussion (Resumed) with CEPS (2 Jul 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: We will remain in public session for a few minutes because we have some items of business to transact.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Business of Joint Committee (2 Jul 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: The draft minutes of the meeting of 20 June have been circulated. Are they agreed for signature? Agreed. Senator O'Reilly's report on the youth guarantee, which we agreed to launch, will be launched at 10 a.m. on Thursday in the audio-visual room and I would encourage all members to attend to support Senator O'Reilly in the launch of our excellent report.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Business of Joint Committee (2 Jul 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: Yes. We would encourage members to ensure they are constructive in nature.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Business of Joint Committee (2 Jul 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: Of course they will be allowed. It will be at 10 o'clock this Thursday morning. I have circulated to members a list of correspondence which refers to correspondence from the International Fund for Ireland's new strategic framework for action. We have a statutory instrument regarding the transport of dangerous goods by rail. We have an update on the European Ombudsman overview of 2012, and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Democratic Legitimacy and Accountability in the EU: Discussion (Resumed) with CEPS (2 Jul 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: How significant do you believe the European Parliament elections next year will be? What do you think will be the most likely outcome and what are the consequences of that for the institutions of the European Union being able to function well? Deputy Durkan also has a question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Democratic Legitimacy and Accountability in the EU: Discussion (Resumed) with CEPS (2 Jul 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to put a related point and to follow up on a question Senator Healy Eames asked. The total number of occasions on which national parliaments have used the additional power that is available to them under the Lisbon treaty is one, and that related to the Monti proposals that were put forward. They never even got to the dialogue point with the Commission because the Commission withdrew...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Democratic Legitimacy and Accountability in the EU: Discussion (Resumed) with CEPS (2 Jul 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: This is the 78th meeting of the Joint Committee on European Union Affairs. The first item on our agenda is a discussion on the subject of democratic legitimacy and accountability in the EU with Dr. Sonia Piedrafita, a research fellow with the Centre of European Policy Studies, CEPS, in Brussels. Our guest has travelled from Brussels to be with us and we thank her for attending. The CEPS...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Democratic Legitimacy and Accountability in the EU: Discussion (Resumed) with CEPS (2 Jul 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank the Deputy. I am sure our guest will understand that many of our colleagues are either on other committees or may be called to the Dáil or the Seanad to speak on or attend in respect of a Bill. If colleagues leave, it will be no reflection on Dr. Piedrafita. They just have other duties.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Democratic Legitimacy and Accountability in the EU: Discussion (Resumed) with CEPS (2 Jul 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: Do members have any comments or questions?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Contracts (2 Jul 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: 327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) has not gained access to the supplementary teachers panel in view of the fact that they have worked 191 days since becoming qualified on 1 October 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31829/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (2 Jul 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: 331. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applicants to Student Universal Support Ireland seeking grant support who failed to complete the previous academic year; if SUSI monitors the attendance of students in receipt of support grants regarding lectures throughout the academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31935/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: July Education Programme (2 Jul 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: 344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the July provision hours have been halved this year in respect of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32056/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Sector Staff Career Breaks (2 Jul 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: 630. To ask the Minister for Health the numbers of persons that have been accepted for the Health Service Executive's incentivised career break; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31486/13]