Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 16 May 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion
4:00 pm
Mr. John Callinan:
It is not a question of looking for a veto. Article 50 is the legal framework which allows for the withdrawal process. If we do not arrive at a negotiating outcome, there will be a hard exit; therefore, the exercising of a veto would not safeguard the interests to which the Senator referred.