Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Question 197: To ask the Taoiseach the number of proposals that his Department is opposing at European Council at any state; the names of such proposals; the reason his Department is taking this position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33821/05]

Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)
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The European Council does not, as a rule, act as a legislative body. As such, there is no ongoing agenda for the Council. The business for each European Council is fixed by the Presidency in consultation with the other member states. The key challenge for the next meeting of the European Council in December will be to reach political agreement on the European Union's financial perspectives for 2007-2013. I have set out our national position in these negotiations on a number of occasions, most recently in the statement I made to the Dáil on 21 June on the June European Council.