February 7, 2008
87TH PLENARY SESSION
Thanks, Chairman. Chairman, I would like to welcome Deputy Gilmore to the Forum and thank him for his presentation, and to say that I would agree with a lot of what he says about the fact that the Lisbon Treaty does, more than any previous Treaty, promote citizen’s rights and interests. It also [...]
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. [...]
October 17, 2007
82ND PLENARY SESSION
Thank you, Chairman. Chairman, I would like to welcome the Ambassador here this morning and to welcome the opportunity as well to discuss the critically important relationship between the EU and the US. I thought that Mr Bruton started off with a very interesting point about how the attitude of the US towards the EU appears to have [...]
July 5, 2007
79TH PLENARY SESSION
Thank you, Chairman. I’d like to thank the Minister for his presentation. Just one or two points I’d like to raise with him.
One is the issue of the enhanced role for national parliaments, and just to say that this is a very welcome and I think overdue provision of the Reform Treaty. There [...]
June 28, 2007
78TH PLENARY SESSION
Thank you, Chairman. Chairman, I would like to thank both speakers for their presentation this morning and I think we are discussing a very pertinent question here: is a social Europe what citizens want?
I suppose I would ask the question: well how would we know what citizens want, because it is interesting to note that although [...]
December 14, 2006
72ND PLENARY SESSION
Thank you, Chairman. Chairman, I would like to welcome the Minister and Tánaiste to the Forum and thank him for his presentation this morning outlining the Progressive Democrat’s vision for Europe. I am sure Minister McDowell would be aware that the former Leader of the PDs Mary Harney had said that she felt that [...]
