Committee Reports > List of Committees > Joint > 1975 > Committee on the Secondary Legislation of the European Communities > Report No. 05 - European Parliament Budgetary Powers

IMEACHTAÍ AN CHOMHCHOISTE

PROCEEDINGS OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE

Dé Céadaoin, 7 Bealtaine, 1975

Wednesday, 7th May, 1975

1. Chruinnigh an Comhchoiste ar 4.30 p.m.

2. Comhaltaí i Láthair.

Bhí na comhaltaí seo a leanas i láthair:

Na Teachtaí Ó hEochaidh (i gCeannas), Deasún, Easmann, Mac Gearailt, Ó Flannagáin, MacGiobúin, Ó Nualláin agus Stondún; na Seanadóirí Bean Mhic Roibín agus Ó Riain. Fuarthas leithscéil ón Teachta Ó Coileáin agus ó na Seanadóirí Mac Gearailt, Mac Giollaléith agus Ó Luineacháin faoi nár fhéad siad bheith i láthair.

3. Dréacht-Thuarascáil ar Chumhachtaí Buiséadachta Pharlaimint na hEorpa.

Thug an Cathaoirleach Dréacht-Thuarascáil i láthair agus léadh í mar a leanas:—

(i) Aontaíodh míreanna 1 go 8 go huile.

(ii) Mír 9.

Tairgeadh leasú (An Seanadóir Bean Mhic Roibín):

“Before the penultimate sub-paragraph to insert the following new sub-paragraph:—

‘The Social Fund was classified by the Commission as non-obligatory and accepted by the Council as such because the total expenditure from the Fund has not been limited by Regulation and can therefore be regarded as not necessarily resulting from an act adopted in accordance with the EEC Treaty. The European Parliament sought to have the Regional Development Fund put into this category also but the Council has been insisting that because the proposed expenditure for the next three years has been fixed by Regulation it must be treated as obligatory at least in that period’”.

Aontaíodh an leasú.

Aontaíodh an mhír mar a leasaíodh.

(iii) Aontaíodh míreanna 10 go 15 go huile.

(iv) Mír 16.

Tairgeadh leasú (An Seanadóir Bean Mhic Roibín):

“To delete the first sentence and substitute the following:—

‘In general the Joint Committee welcomes moves to extend the budgetary powers of the European Parliament and views these developments as reinforcing the case for early direct elections to that body’”.

Aontaíodh an leasú.

Aontaíodh an mhír mar a leasaíodh.

(v) Mír 17.

Tairgeadh leasú (An Teachta Stondún):

“To delete

‘At least at the present stage of the developments of the Communities’

in the first sentence”.

Aontaíodh an leasú.

Aontaíodh an mhír mar a leasaíodh.

(vi) Aontaíodh míreanna 18, 19 agus 20.

Aontaíodh an Dréacht-Thuarascáil mar a leasaíodh.

Ordaíodh: Tuairisciú dá réir sin.

4. Athlá.

Chuaigh an Comhchoiste ar athló ar 5.45 p.m