Seanad debates
Wednesday, 16 October 2002
European Union (Scrutiny) Bill, 2001 changed from European Union Bill, 2001: Second Stage.
I hope that the scrutiny committee, when it is formed, will have the input of people with knowledge and experience of the European situation, but there is also a strong case for televising parts or all of the deliberations of the Council of Ministers. There is a case also for televising some of the deliberations of the Commission to demonstrate the parity of esteem that exists between member states. There is a need to make people more aware of what is happening in Europe. There is an enormous amount of coverage of European affairs at the moment and we are hearing from our MEPs, but in general there is very little.
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