Tommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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42. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Executive will be proposing an Irish candidate for the Presidency of the European Commission from 2019. [30827/18]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Under the Treaties, it is for the European Council acting by a qualified majority, taking into account the elections to the European Parliament and after having held the appropriate consultations, to propose to the European Parliament a candidate for President of the Commission. As a member of the European Council, the Taoiseach will participate actively in these discussions.