Ms Niamh Ní Bhriain:

In respect of Article 41.2, to backstop €150 billion with the European Union's public budget is a massive risk financially but it is also very unsound legally. There is no risk assessment and it means a massive injection of cash to produce weapons of war. Senator Higgins asked where will those weapons be used. Will they be used in Europe? Will they be used in Ireland? Will they used elsewhere in the Continent or will they be exported to cause war and conflict elsewhere?

I presume when the national plans come there will be agencies or financial entities that will give the money at that point, but I presume they cannot give the money now because they do not have enough information from those national plans. Between now and then if Ireland did want to make a stand, it could vote against this in the European Council.