Noelle O Connell, National Citizen Representative to the Plenary of the Conference on the Future of Europe presented the Irish National Report at a Plenary of the Conference on the Future of Europe in Strasbourg this afternoon.
Commenting on the report which details the results of citizen engagement on the Conference on the Future of Europe across Ireland, Noelle O Connell said,
“Over 70 events have taken place in Ireland for the Conference that have included over 4,500 people from islands, minority groups, young people and community activists. Two key issues stood out from Ireland’s citizens’ panels. The first issue is that people in Ireland want the EU to better communicate EU policies, and to highlight the interconnections between such policies. One such area is education where there was huge interest in expanding the opportunities provided by the Erasmus programme.
“The second is that the EU should be a tool that can communicate best practices between Member States, to the benefit of Member States, across all policies areas.”
