Written answers
Tuesday, 8 July 2008
Department of Foreign Affairs
European Parliament
11:00 pm
John O'Mahony (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 450: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if, in view of the rejection of the Lisbon reform treaty, Ireland will retain its existing 13 seats in the European Parliament; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26661/08]
Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Under the existing European Community Treaty, which governs seating arrangements for the European Parliament, Ireland will have 12 MEPs as and from the 2009 elections. The Lisbon Reform Treaty envisaged no change in that allocation.
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