July 23, 2008
I thank all the speakers for their educational and informative presentations on the integration of EU mortgage credit markets. I wish to ask Ms Mary O’Dea about the work of the Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority. IFSRA will be critical in terms of dealing with any European Commission proposals to create an EU-wide mortgage credit [...]
July 22, 2008
The Green Party’s European Affairs spokesperson Senator Déirdre de Búrca said that the President of the European Council Nicolas Sarkozy launched a ‘charm offensive’ when he met with representatives of the Yes and No sides of the Lisbon Treaty campaign in the French Embassy yesterday.
“I was struck by the fact that President Sarkozy spent a [...]
July 4, 2008
Green Party Senator Déirdre de Búrca has called for greater action by the Irish government on human trafficking, which she described as ” a
modern day slave trade”, following her recent attendance at the17th Annual meeting of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly in Astana, Kazakhstan.
De Búrca made her remarks following a parliamentary assembly debate on the eighth [...]
