Kings Of Europe.

Tuesday May 20, 2003 15:42

by Dessert Spoon

They are getting ready to be Kings of Europe. Come along and let them know what you think of the cutbacks. Bertie will be opening the Conference. Health, Education, Housing, Transport, Refuse Collection, Privatisation. All Government Departments will be represented at the seminar. Planning the Presidency – the European perspective Hogan Suite, Croke Park, Jones road, Dublin 3 - Friday, 23 May, 2003

Planning the Presidency – the European perspective
Hogan Suite, Croke Park, Jones road, Dublin 3 - Friday, 23 May, 2003

Seminar Chair: Noel Dorr

9:00 Registration from 9.00am Main Entrance Hall Foyer, Level 5

Seminar commences at 9.30am sharp Hogan Suite- Mezzanine I, Level 5

9:30 Keynote Address Bertie Ahern

9:45 The European Parliament’s relations with the Presidency Secretary General *European Parliament

10:15 The Commission Perspective on the Presidency Sylvain Bisarre Director; Secretariat General European Commission

11:00 Running a Successful Presidency David Galloway – Chef de Cabinet of the Deputy Secretary- General; Council of the European Union General Secretariat

11:30 Q + A / Panel Discussion Chair & Previous Speakers

12:15 Interpretation – the hidden success factor! Nick RocheIrish Presidency Co-ordinator; SCIC (Joint Interpretation Service)

14:00 The European Economic & Social Committee Secretary General *EESC

14:30 The European Committee of the Regions Michael CollinsChef de Cabinet of the Secretary-General; European Committee of the Regions

15:30 The Danish Presidency Experience Deputy Permanent Representative of Denmark to the EU*

16:00 Irish Presidency – Views of the Irish Permanent Representative Ambassador Anne Anderson *Permanent Representative of Ireland to the EU

16:30 Q + A Chair & Previous Speakers

17:00 Summary of issues arising + Concluding remarks Chair

Noel Dorr is a former Secretary General, Department of Foreign Affairs. He has held the following positions: Permanent Representative to UN, New York 1980; Irish Representative on UN Security Council 1981-1982 (and President of the Security Council in April 1981 and August 1982); Ambassador of Ireland in London 1983-1987, and Secretary General, Department of Foreign Affairs, Dublin, 1987 until his retirement in 1995. The esteem (*make you puke, wouldnt it?)in which he is held is reflected in the roles accorded to him both at home and abroad – in negotiating the Anglo-Irish Agreement in 1995 (*sic), in the drafting of EU Treaties as Chair/Representative on the IGC, and as Government representative on the Carlson Committee on the Reform of the United Nations. (*He was also Ambassador to the US, during that time he slandered those who were campaigning for the Birmingham 6 and Guilford 4, by delaying pressure from US politicians he probably ensured that 10 innocent people spent years longer in prison.)