Results 401-420 of 3,550 for speaker:Dominic Hannigan

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Possible Exit of UK from European Union: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Feb 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: I remind people to turn their phones off. It is not sufficient to put them on silent mode because they may interfere with broadcasting equipment. Apologies have been received from Senator Colm Burke. Today the committee continues its series of meetings considering critical issues for Ireland in the event that our nearest neighbour, the UK, decides to exit from the European Union. A...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Possible Exit of UK from European Union: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Feb 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: Our next contributor is Ms Siobhán Mullally, who is a professor of law and director of the Centre for Criminal Justice and Human Rights at UCC.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Possible Exit of UK from European Union: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Feb 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: The next speaker is Alan Matthews, professor of European agricultural policy at the Department of Economics at Trinity College.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Possible Exit of UK from European Union: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Feb 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: Thank you, Professor Matthews. We will now hear from Mr. Steve Aiken.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Possible Exit of UK from European Union: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Feb 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: I thank Mr. Aiken. He stated that a referendum would happen.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Possible Exit of UK from European Union: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Feb 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: Will it happen regardless of the election or is he predicting the election's outcome?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Possible Exit of UK from European Union: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Feb 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: Before returning to our speakers I wish to comment on the likelihood of a referendum. My understanding, from speaking to my colleagues in the Labour Party in the UK, is that their leader, Ed Miliband, has faced down calls from within his party for a referendum. I would have thought it would be unlikely, should the Labour Party get into government, that we would see a referendum. It is an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Possible Exit of UK from European Union: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Feb 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: Let us look at the speech David Cameron made at the Bloomberg headquarters in January 2013. On that occasion, he identified a number of issues on which he would like to see reform in Europe, as well as many other things. I think there were five in all. These included the implementation of the Single Market, on which he will not find any disagreement here; competitiveness; the issue of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Possible Exit of UK from European Union: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Feb 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: I suggest we start off again with Mr. O'Ceallaigh and work our way around. I ask witnesses to answer as many questions as they can, and if they want to make any concluding remarks at the same time they may do so.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Possible Exit of UK from European Union: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Feb 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: We are outside Schengen at present.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Possible Exit of UK from European Union: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Feb 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: On behalf of the committee, I thank all of our guests for attending today's meeting and for giving of their time. The committee will have further discussions on this issue at its meeting next Tuesday.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Possible Exit of UK from European Union: Discussion (12 Feb 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: I remind members to ensure their mobile phones are switched off. It is not sufficient to leave them in silent mode as they interfere with the broadcasting equipment. I welcome viewers on UPC and Sky channels, on which the meeting is being broadcast live. The joint committee is continuing its series of meetings on what would happen in Ireland if the United Kingdom were to decide to exit...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Possible Exit of UK from European Union: Discussion (12 Feb 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: English would remain an official language, no doubt.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Possible Exit of UK from European Union: Discussion (12 Feb 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: I thank the witnesses and was glad to hear Mr. Zuleeg's comments about the need for a debate across Europe. One reason the joint committee is having this debate now is that if the Conservatives win in May, one of the first items on that party's agenda will be discussions across Europe on how Europe can be changed and how the Conservatives can put some proposals to the people in advance of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Possible Exit of UK from European Union: Discussion (12 Feb 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: We should not comment on whether it is sensible for another country to have a referendum. We are concentrating today on the impact-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Possible Exit of UK from European Union: Discussion (12 Feb 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: -----that an exit would have on us.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Possible Exit of UK from European Union: Discussion (12 Feb 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: We will take answers at this stage and then come back for another round of questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Possible Exit of UK from European Union: Discussion (12 Feb 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: Mr. Zuleeg's article was circulated beforehand and we had sight of that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Possible Exit of UK from European Union: Discussion (12 Feb 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: Earlier.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Possible Exit of UK from European Union: Discussion (12 Feb 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: I thank Mr. Zuleeg. We will have a few more questions from our panel beginning with Deputy Kyne.