Mark Daly (Fianna Fail)

According to the German Minister for European affairs the Attorney General was consulted on the fiscal compact. He said she knew all about it and was consulted every step of the way to ensure that we avoided a referendum. The Government tried hard to avoid a referendum and it might well succeed, which is a failing of democracy because if it was afraid of facing the people that does not say much about this country or the proposal being put before them on the fiscal compact.

Under Article 56 of the Constitution the Attorney General can come into this House and explain to us whether she was consulted every step of the way on the fiscal compact. Is the German Minister for European affairs telling us the truth when he says that we were consulted or is our Minister lying to us?