Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I will be pressing it. We know what "exceptional circumstance" means, given that this must all be done within the Stability and Growth Pact and the EU defines what an exceptional circumstance is. When we have asked what an exceptional circumstance is exactly, we have only been given two examples - terrorist threats and the migration issue. We have been given no other examples of what could be defined as an exceptional circumstance.