April 02, 2009

CoR at Oirechtas Committee

On 24 March, members of the Irish Delegation to the Committee of the Regions met with the Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Scrutiny to discuss issues of mutual interest. In particular, the CoR members outlined the work of the Committee and in particular its activities in monitoring the principle of Subsidiarity. Members also addressed enhancing the input and involvement of the local authority level in the EU decision-making process and made a number of specific recommendations in this regard.

In particular: the Oireachtas establishing a more structured mechanism for consultation with local government on proposals from the European Commission that have implications at local government level; a more inclusive approach for transposing EU legislation into national law; and the potential to make better use of local and regional authorities as information channels for informing the public on EU issues and making better use of European liaison officers within local authorities.


Full transcript: http://debates.oireachtas.ie/DDebate.aspx?F=SRJ20090324.xml&Node=H3#H3
Further information: Contact IRO

Posted by iroronan at April 2, 2009 03:02 PM