Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

On a case-by-case basis. I could be wrong but I would put money on it that the Minister at least asked his colleagues in Europe how they think this would apply to Ireland. We are not talking about millions or hundreds of millions but about tens of billions of euro. I am sure he has asked that question in the 24 or 28 months since that big game-changer, as he mentioned. I am sure as the meetings have progressed there has been at least some conversation and, as he said, he has been successful in keeping this text in. I recognise the text is there but I am sure he did not spend all his time satisfied that the text was there without asking how could this possibly apply to the-----