Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-02-15-Speech-3-535-000"

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dcterms:Date	"2012-02-15"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Guidelines for the 2013 budget - sections other than the Commission (debate)2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20120215.24.3-535-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-02-15-Speech-3-537-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Seán Kelly2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; CULT (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation for relations with the United States (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; REGI (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 member; EPP (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Fine Gael Party (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Canada (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; ITRE (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, like the other speakers, I commend Mr Vaughan for the good work he has done on this fairly difficult task. He has done a good job. I think in times of austerity, it is natural that the public at large, and particularly the media, look at politicians and the overall expenditure associated with their activities. This in itself is not a bad thing, and it is good for us to look at our own situation. For that reason, I see no reason why we should not have an external audit of our activities. This would certainly be good in the overall context, but it would also make it easier for us to defend whatever expenditure we have, and certainly it might point out areas that we ourselves would think are perfect but may lead to savings without impacting on the overall effect. People have also mentioned the single seat and so forth. This is certainly an issue. Having us here in Strasbourg every month is something that many citizens do not even realise is happening; secondly, it does not make a lot of sense to them. So there is a need for a discussion on that, and maybe a need to come to an arrangement with the French and possibly with Strasbourg regarding how matters could be looked at and improved in terms of efficiencies. Also ancillary committees – the Committee of the Regions is definitely something that needs to be looked at in terms of its size, how often it meets, and so forth. So an external audit is something I would welcome."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(The speaker agreed to take a blue-card question under Rule 149(8))"1
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