January 31, 2008
86TH PLENARY SESSION
Thank you, Chairman.
Chairman, I would like to welcome the Taoiseach to the Forum and to thank him for his presentation. I would like to welcome the Taoiseach being here today, the Forum’s launch of the Summary Guide on the Lisbon Treaty and its announcements of a series of country‑wide public debates on the Treaty. [...]
January 30, 2008
Will the Leader invite the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to the House as soon as possible to respond to the announcement in my constituency today, which has caused great concern, to the effect that Allergan will close its operations in Arklow and relocate to low-cost Costa Rica. This is a matter of grave [...]
January 29, 2008
I welcome both speakers to the committee and thank them for their presentation. Like others, I welcome their expressed support for the treaty, but do their members and employees hold that position or what are the levels of supports among their members? A number of recent polls on the treaty indicate that there are high [...]
January 10, 2008
Green Party Senator, Déirdre de Búrca welcomed today’s announcement by Minister for the Environment (10 Jan. 08) that he has received the European Commission’s support for the Irish plans to introduce minimum energy efficiency standards for light bulbs from early next year.
Minister Gormley was told Vice-President Verheugen in a meeting in Brussels yesterday that [...]
