Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Out of interest - it may be beside the point - was there very little consultation before the Lisbon treaty? What is the quality of the consultative process now going between the Commission and Parliament? The principle under which the Lisbon treaty was ratified by member states meant there was more of a democratic component. Is this more lip service as a means of providing democratic legitimacy or do member states have an active input in the consultation process around the adaptation regulation?