Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

In fairness, the Department has been tic-tacing with Europe on the Mercosur deal. Will it be down to a vote in the Parliament and the Council of Ministers? The way it is looking at the moment, I want to call it out straight. My reading of it is that if France gets more money, Italy will throw in the towel and the veto is gone with the Lisbon treaty and all of that. It looks like it will go through the Council of Ministers and that the only hope that Irish people have is of blocking it or the only hope for Ireland is through the European Parliament. Is that fair to say?