Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-05-11-Speech-3-622-000"

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dcterms:Date	"2011-05-11"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Efficiency of the European agencies linked to employment, working conditions and training (debate)2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20110511.36.3-622-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-05-11-Speech-3-623-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Roger Helmer2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, we in the ECR Group want to see more effective control of the EU budget. On behalf of taxpayers, we demand real added value for money spent at EU level. Especially in these times of economic stringency, we want a tougher attitude towards spending in general: not more spending, but better spending. Applying this logic in the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, I am questioning the efficiency of the four agencies which we have been discussing: Eurofund, ETF, OSHA and the improbably named Cedefop. I recently myself visited ETF in Turin and also heard a presentation from Cedefop while I was there. There is indeed, as earlier speakers have said, considerable overlap between their programmes, and I believe that their management and administration, at least, could usefully be merged. I am therefore asking the following questions. Does the Commission apply efficiency and performance criteria to these agencies? If so, may we see the criteria? Secondly, how do the agencies perform against the criteria? Can the Commission show Parliament an analysis of the agencies’ performance? Thirdly, given the considerable functional overlap, has the Commission considered merging them? We have heard about synergies; we want to see them. Who sets the objectives and strategy of the agencies? May we see them? More generally, there seems to be considerable overlap between reports on employment matters produced on these agencies by the Commission and by the Policy Department of the European Parliament. We ask: is this duplication worthwhile?"@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia (2009-09-16--2012-03-04)3 member; EMPL (2009-10-19--2012-01-18)3 member; PECH (2009-07-14--2012-03-04)3 unknown; Conservative Party (2009-07-14--2012-06-17)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; PETI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Roger Helmer,"1 "on behalf of the ECR Group."1
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