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Annual Report 2017 Joint Committee on European Union Affairs TITHE AN OIREACHTAIS AN COMHCHOISTE UM GHNÓTHAÍ AN AONTAIS EORPAIGH TUARASCÁIL BHLIANTÚIL 2017 _______________ HOUSES OF THE OIREACHTAS JOINT COMMITTEE ON EUROPEAN UNION AFFAIRS ANNUAL REPORT 2017 32ENUA0013 Joint Committee on European Union Affairs Table of Contents Table of Contents ....................................................................................... 1 Chairman’s Foreword .................................................................................. 2 1. Content and Format of Report ................................................................ 3 2. Establishment and Functions .................................................................. 3 3. Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Membership .............................................. 4 4. Meetings, Attendance and Recording ....................................................... 4 5. Number and Duration of Meetings .......................................................... 5 5.1 Joint Committee .................................................................................................................... 5 5.2 Select Committee ................................................................................................................ 15 5.3 Informal Meetings ............................................................................................................... 15 6. Witnesses attending before the Joint Committee .................................... 22 7. Committee Reports Agreed .................................................................. 22 8. Travel ............................................................................................... 22 9. Report on Functions and Powers ........................................................... 23 APPENDIX 1 Orders of Reference .............................................................. 24 APPENDIX 2 Membership ......................................................................... 32 APPENDIX 3 Meetings of the Joint Committee ............................................ 33 APPENDIX 4 Minutes of Proceedings of the Joint Committee ......................... 38 1 Joint Committee on European Union Affairs Chairman’s Foreword On behalf of the Joint Committee on European Union Affairs, I am pleased to present the Joint Committee’s Annual Report for 2017. This year saw the Joint Committee continue its work on preparations for the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union. The Joint Committee met with the British Ambassador, and at a special meeting of the other Joint Committees, European Parliament Brexit Coordinator Mr Guy Verhofstadt MEP. The Joint Committee also engaged with the Minister of State for European Affairs on key developments regarding the Brexit negotiations. The Joint Committee took account of the priorities at the start of each of the Maltese and Estonian Presidencies of the Council of the European Union, as they shaped the agenda of the EU. Following the publication of the European Commission’s White Paper on the Future of Europe in April 2017, the Joint Committee held a series of meetings with representative groups to discuss their views and perspectives. The Joint Committee was pleased to meet with European Commission First Vice-President Mr Frans Timmermans and European Commissioner Mr Tibor Navracsics, and to hold strong engagements with Irish MEPs, as well as European Commission officials, Ambassadors and other stakeholders. Finally, I would like to thank my colleagues on the Joint Committee and the staff of the secretariat for their continued hard work and dedication. Michael Healy-Rae TD Chairman 27 JULY 2018 2 Joint Committee on European Union Affairs 1. Content and Format of Report This report has been prepared pursuant to Standing Order 89 (3), (4), (5) and (6) (Dáil Éireann) and Standing Order 76 (3), (4), (5) and (6) (Seanad Éireann) which provide for the Joint Committee to- undertake a review of its procedure and its role generally; prepare an annual work programme; lay minutes of its proceedings before both Houses; and make an annual report to both Houses. At its meeting on the 9 May 2018 the Joint Committee agreed that these items should be included in this report covering the period from 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2017. 2. Establishment and Functions The Dáil Select Committee was established by Order of Dáil Éireann of 5 July 2016 to consider such matters arising from: Ireland’s membership of the European Union; Ireland’s adherence to the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, as it may select and which are not referred to any other Committee; Bills the statute law in respect of which is dealt with by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade; proposals contained in any motion, including any motion within the meaning of Standing Order 187; and other matters referred to it by Dáil Éireann. The Dáil Select Committee under the same Order was enjoined with a Select Committee of Seanad Éireann, established by Order of Seanad Éireann of 21 July 2016, to form the Joint Committee on European Union Affairs. Among the principal functions of the Joint Committee are to consider matters arising from; the European Commission’s strategic planning documents including the Commission Work Programme; 3 Joint Committee on European Union Affairs cross-sectoral policy developments at European Union level; matters listed for consideration on the agenda for meetings of the General Affairs Council of Ministers and the outcome of such meetings; regulations under the European Communities Acts 1972 to 2009, other instruments made under statute and necessitated by the obligations of membership of the European Union as the Committee may select; notifications referred by the Dáil under Standing Order 115(1)(a), notifications of proposals for the amendment of the Treaties received from the European Council pursuant to Article 48.2 of the Treaty on European Union; notifications of applications for membership of the European Union received from the European Council pursuant to Article 49 of the Treaty on European Union; and other matters referred to it from time to time. The Joint Committee represents both Houses of the Oireachtas at the Conference of European Affairs Committees (COSAC) and reports thereon to both Houses. The consolidated Orders of Reference of the Joint Committee on European Affairs are set out at Appendix 1. 3. Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Membership Dáil SO 93(2) provides for a proportion of Chairs to be allocated to each group by means of the D’Hondt System. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae TD was appointed as Chairman of the Select Committee by Resolution of Dáil Éireann on 7 July 2016. The Chairman of the Select Committee of Dáil Éireann is also Chairman of the Joint Committee. Senator Terry Leyden was elected Vice- Chairman of the Joint Committee on 4 October 2016. Membership of the Joint Committee is listed at Appendix 2. 4. Meetings, Attendance and Recording Meetings of the Joint Committee took place in the Committee rooms in Leinster House 2000. Meetings were in public unless otherwise ordered by the 4 Joint Committee on European Union Affairs Joint Committee. Joint Committee proceedings were broadcast live within Leinster House and also made available to RTE, TV3 and TG4. Proceedings were also webcast making them available worldwide on the internet The proceedings of Committees in public session, typically recorded but occasionally live, and are broadcast on the dedicated parliamentary channel Oireachtas TV which is available on these channels: Saorview 22, Sky 574, Virgin Media 207, eir Vision 504 Vodaphone Channels 201, 207 and 208 An Official Report (Parliamentary Debates) of the public meetings of the Joint Committee may be viewed on the Houses of the Oireachtas website at www.oireachtas.ie. Copies of other reports published by the Joint Committee are also available on the Oireachtas Committee website pages at www.oireachtas.ie. A list of these reports is set out at section 7. 5. Number and Duration of Meetings 5.1 Joint Committee The Joint Committee met on 21 occasions during the period under report. The discussions involved in these meetings lasted approximately 32 hours. The subject matter of each meeting of the Joint Committee, including the groups, organisations or individuals who attended the meetings, is detailed in Appendix 3. The Minutes of Proceedings of the Joint Committee in public session are attached at Appendix 4. 5 Joint Committee on European Union Affairs Engagement with European Institutions European Parliament Engagement with MEPs from the Island of Ireland on 24 May 2017 On 21 September 2017, a meeting was held of three Joint Committees to engage with Mr Guy Verhofstadt MEP, European Parliament Brexit Coordinator Members of the Joint Committee met with Mr James Temple- Smithson on 1 March 2017, to discuss the work of the European Parliament Information Office in Dublin 6 Joint Committee on European Union Affairs Council of the European Union Members of the Joint Committee met with HE Mrs Kristi Karelsohn, Ambassador of Estonia to Ireland, and discussed the priorities of the Estonian Presidency of the Council of the European Union Both Mr Dara Murphy TD and Ms Helen McEntee TD, as Minister with responsibility for European Affairs, met the Joint Committee a number of times for engagements on the work of the General Affairs Council (GAC). Also pictured here, with Minister McEntee, Mme Valérie Gomex-Bassac, Deputy of the French National Assembly 7 Joint Committee on European
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