Ryan O'Meara (Tipperary North, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Some of the recommendations made by both witnesses and by Professor Tonra, in particular, are very welcome in regard to what else could be done. Following from Deputy Brabazon's questions about joining NATO, I guess the triple lock is seen as a safeguard. Is it Mr. Noonan's point about not being able to join NATO because of the constitutional requirements around that not a safeguard in itself, that if the triple lock were removed we have another safeguard in that Ireland could not join NATO without a referendum?