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Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Democratic Legitimacy and Accountability in the European Union: Discussion (18 Jun 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: Or one of 11.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Democratic Legitimacy and Accountability in the European Union: Discussion (18 Jun 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: Those figures are typical of the turnout in a by-election.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Democratic Legitimacy and Accountability in the European Union: Discussion (18 Jun 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: We will be having our local elections on the same day. I assume they will be brought forward as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Democratic Legitimacy and Accountability in the European Union: Discussion (18 Jun 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: We may have a referendum on the same day as the European elections and that might boost the turnout. If we have a referendum on the abolition of the Seanad on the same day that might encourage people to come out to vote and increase the turnout.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Democratic Legitimacy and Accountability in the European Union: Discussion (18 Jun 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: I think you have.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Democratic Legitimacy and Accountability in the European Union: Discussion (18 Jun 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: On behalf of the committee, I thank you very much for coming along here today, for your presentation and for answering those questions. You mentioned that you might be able to send on some material and that would be very useful. We have a number of other meetings scheduled over the next month or so before we can conclude the piece of work we are doing on the future of Europe. No doubt,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Democratic Legitimacy and Accountability in the European Union: Discussion (18 Jun 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: How is "adequate" defined?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Democratic Legitimacy and Accountability in the European Union: Discussion (18 Jun 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: The campaigns cannot start until we know who is running and we cannot decide who is running until the boundaries are reviewed to take account of the new number of seats Ireland will have. Will Mr. Jacobs outline the procedure for the boundary commission, when and how that will be formed and when and how it will report?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Democratic Legitimacy and Accountability in the European Union: Discussion (18 Jun 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: Is it up to the Minister to set it up?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Democratic Legitimacy and Accountability in the European Union: Discussion (18 Jun 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: Further, is the competence regarding the number of seats and the size of constituencies a national one?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Democratic Legitimacy and Accountability in the European Union: Discussion (18 Jun 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: That is the way the system works. Is Mr. Jacobs saying that will change within the next five years and, if so, why? Is it because of population growth?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Democratic Legitimacy and Accountability in the European Union: Discussion (18 Jun 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: May I explain? Among the 28 countries, as will be the case from July, the country with the most seats has a greater population per seat than the next country down. For example, for the country with the greatest number of seats, which is Germany, there could be one seat for every 800,000 people; the next country down - the UK or whatever - could have one seat per 798,000 people, and it will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Democratic Legitimacy and Accountability in the European Union: Discussion (18 Jun 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: That is digressive proportionality: no two countries have the same population per seat. That is possible because we are talking about millions of people. Does that explain the issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Democratic Legitimacy and Accountability in the European Union: Discussion (18 Jun 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: I believe it comes from a University of Cambridge paper.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Democratic Legitimacy and Accountability in the European Union: Discussion (18 Jun 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: There is a number of questions. Will Mr Jacobs try to answer as many as possible?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Democratic Legitimacy and Accountability in the European Union: Discussion (18 Jun 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: I thank Mr. Jacobs for his presentation and for coming in today. Before I ask for contributions from the floor I would like some clarification on a few of the points that Mr. Jacobs raised. He mentioned how European Parliament committees could take more input from national parliaments and spoke about the yellow card and so on. Does he envisage that people from national parliaments would...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Democratic Legitimacy and Accountability in the European Union: Discussion (18 Jun 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: I remind members, guests and others to ensure their mobile phones are switched off completely. It is not sufficient to leave them in silent mode, as they will interfere with the recording equipment. The first item on our agenda is a discussion of the topic democratic legitimacy and accountability in the European Union. On behalf of the joint committee, I am delighted to welcome Mr....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drugs Crime (18 Jun 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: 385. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality thesteps the local Gardai are taking to deal with an issue of drug use in towns in South Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29012/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Agreements (13 Jun 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: 123. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to sign the European Convention on Preventing Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28454/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Statistics (12 Jun 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: 74. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a list, in tabular form, in order of the highest to lowest of all of Ireland's trading partners, with the amount or trade valued, the amount our exports are to that country and the value of the imports from that country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28251/13]