Dominic Hannigan (Meath East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Before returning to our speakers I wish to comment on the likelihood of a referendum. My understanding, from speaking to my colleagues in the Labour Party in the UK, is that their leader, Ed Miliband, has faced down calls from within his party for a referendum. I would have thought it would be unlikely, should the Labour Party get into government, that we would see a referendum. It is an issue for them and it is not for this committee to decide whether there should be a referendum. We are more interested in the impact.