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Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Economic and Monetary Union: Discussion (4 Nov 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: Is Mr. Dukes referring to "we" as the Irish or the European area?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Economic and Monetary Union: Discussion (4 Nov 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: Could Mr. Dukes expand on that? When he says the European system has not been used as it could have been used, is he referring to the European Central Bank, the eurobond or what? What could have been done that was not done?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Economic and Monetary Union: Discussion (4 Nov 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: The five presidents' report does not mention mutualisation at all.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Economic and Monetary Union: Discussion (4 Nov 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: Mr. Dukes makes no explicit mention of the Germans, although in the presentation we had a discussion on whether the Germans could be more relaxed. Indeed, a country specific recommendation was that they should be more relaxed in their budgetary stance. Does Mr. Dukes see things changing in Berlin any time soon? Also, how does he think we as a nation, combined with our European colleagues,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Economic and Monetary Union: Discussion (4 Nov 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: Indeed, and following up on that and on Mr. Tutty's last point about the timescales, this has implications for the renegotiation strategy the British Government is undertaking with regard to its membership. Does Mr. Tutty believe more detailed proposals potentially could derail his attempts to keep the United Kingdom within the EU? Does he believe it might be seen as unhelpful and that this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Economic and Monetary Union: Discussion (4 Nov 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: We are all heartened by the start made by First Vice President Timmermans on communications between national parliaments. It is a noted improvement on the situation with the previous Commission. On that positive note, I thank both witnesses for attending and for their helpful comments. Today's meeting is our last one on the five presidents' report. We will make a political contribution...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Waste Management Regulations (3 Nov 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: 478. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline his views on the spreading of human waste as slurry or fertiliser on Irish farmlands; the measures in place to protect the environment and human health in respect of this matter and to ensure no negative impact or nuisance is caused to the persons living close to where the human waste is being spread; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Farm Waste Management (3 Nov 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: 1108. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the spreading of human waste as slurry or fertilizer on Irish farmlands; the measures that are in place to protect the environment and human health in relation to this matter and to ensure that there is no negative impact or nuisance caused to the persons living close to where the human waste is being...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Emergency Services Personnel (3 Nov 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: 1128. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is aware of the situation of workers in the emergency call answering service run by Conduit company and British Telecom Ireland; that workers are paid well below the living wage of €11.50 per hour; that they are refused collective union representation; and that they often cannot receive the annual leave to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Emergency Services Personnel (3 Nov 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: 1129. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will ensure the Conduit company respects its workers’ basic human right to collective bargaining by engaging in meaningful discussions with the Communications Workers Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37419/15]

Report of the Joint Committee on European Union Affairs on Voting Rights of Irish Citizens Abroad: Motion (23 Oct 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Coffey, for his contribution to today's debate. I will come back to the substance of his contribution. I also thank other Members of the House - Deputy Timmy Dooley from Fianna Fáil, Deputy Michael Colreavy from Sinn Féin and Deputy Bernard Durkan from Fine Gael. I further acknowledge the contribution of the other members of the joint...

Report of the Joint Committee on European Union Affairs on Voting Rights of Irish Citizens Abroad: Motion (23 Oct 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: I move:That Dáil Éireann shall consider the Report of the Joint Committee on European Union Affairs entitled ‘Voting Rights of Irish Citizens Abroad’, copies of which were laid before Dáil Éireann on 12th November, 2014. I welcome this timely debate on a very important topic that is very relevant to us. Before I outline the findings of the committee and the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Accountability Report 2014: European Movement Ireland (21 Oct 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: We are delighted to have before us European Movement Ireland, EMI. I welcome back to the committee Ms Noelle O'Connell who is the executive director of EMI. Ms O'Connell will talk to us today about the performance of Ireland's Parliament and Government's in regard to participation in the European Union. Members will also have an info-graphic in front of them outlining the various response...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Accountability Report 2014: European Movement Ireland (21 Oct 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: Does that refer to an actual speech or a contribution? For example, what I am saying now is counted as a speech in the metrics. Is it the same in the European Parliament? Is an intervention in a committee a speech?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Accountability Report 2014: European Movement Ireland (21 Oct 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: The Deputy is not too bad, himself.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Accountability Report 2014: European Movement Ireland (21 Oct 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: The Deputy is suggesting not just the metrics, but a qualitative analysis of them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Accountability Report 2014: European Movement Ireland (21 Oct 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: Thank you, Deputy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Accountability Report 2014: European Movement Ireland (21 Oct 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: On that note, we had ten amendments accepted by the Conference of Parliamentary Committees for Union Affairs of Parliaments of the European Union, COSAC, on the 2020 strategy. That was unprecedented for us, but it is not reflected in this report. That said, the general consensus is that this is a worthwhile document. A bit of qualitative analysis with it would be most helpful, but that is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Accountability Report 2014: European Movement Ireland (21 Oct 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: Over to Ms O'Connell. We must finish by 1 p.m.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Accountability Report 2014: European Movement Ireland (21 Oct 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: She might answer as many questions as possible in the next three or four minutes.

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