Seanad debates
Wednesday, 26 November 2003
Address by Mr. Joe McCartin, MEP.
Some duties, competences and offices of government can be more usefully discharged at European level. It is obvious that there should be common regulations relating to trade, the environment, fisheries and the free movement of people. Those regulations can be more efficiently made through the governments of Europe setting up democratic institutions for making those decisions. However, that does not mean we cannot look at those policies from time to time and decide to re-arrange competences.
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