Ireland's European Union presidency will not disrupt Dáil's work – Taoiseach

Government announces six-month programme which begins with a European Commission meeting in Cork on July 2
Taoiseach Micheál Martin and foreign affairs and defence minister Helen McEntee at the Government press conference to launch the Irish presidency programme. Picture: Eamonn Farrell/RollingNews

Taoiseach Micheál Martin and foreign affairs and defence minister Helen McEntee at the Government press conference to launch the Irish presidency programme. Picture: Eamonn Farrell/RollingNews

The work of the Dáil will not be disrupted when the presidency of the Council of the European Union comes to Ireland for six months, the Taoiseach has vowed.

Micheál Martin, along with other senior Government ministers, laid out the Government’s priorities for the presidency, which starts on July 1.

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