Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

On the Lisbon treaty, I did not make that accusation on the record and I was making a different point. The Minister of State stated, "I would like to highlight that approval from the Dáil is not required in relation to ratification of the EU SOFA as this is covered by the Lisbon treaty." He went on to state that approval from the Dáil is not needed and that the Cabinet could sign it anyway. That suggests that not even a signature, nor approval from the Dáil or anything else, is needed.