Rose Conway Walsh (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Irish Government has most direct influence at the European Council, but that institution arguably has the weakest stance on safeguarding Ireland's rights. I am really concerned about the earlier discussion in which it emerged that we had not even asked for a veto on certain aspects. This is a card we have to play. Without doing so, everything is just words, grand intentions. Mr. Callinan says we have been working on this issue for two years, but it worries me that we have not even asked for a veto, let alone asked for one and been turned down.