Seanad debates

Wednesday, 16 October 2002

European Union (Scrutiny) Bill, 2001 changed from European Union Bill, 2001: Committee and Remaining Stages.

 

Senator Ulick Burke made a very interesting observation. Both Senator Brian Hayes and I smiled as he was doing so because we are aware of the contribution that he made in terms of farmers and their difficulties arising from EU legislation. We found out that the difficulties arose in Ireland and were not the fault of Brussels. The type of scrutiny being introduced in this Bill will make our Departments and Ministers much more aware of any pitfalls that might arise. This is very positive legislation.

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