Thomas Byrne (Fianna Fail)

Yes, I apologise. Her German counterpart yesterday said ,"we are trying to design everything that is on the table in a way which would be okay in the eyes of the Attorney General and the Irish Constitution so that no referendum is needed". The Minister of State, Deputy Creighton, denied that in this House, on television and in other places.

The Labour Party, but also Senator Clune, now claim there was some agreement to pay off €5 billion worth of debt from the privatisation of State assets. There was no such agreement.