Dr. Karen Devine:

As I said in my opening statement, the triple lock has legal standing, arguably. What the Government is trying to do in abolishing the triple lock through amending national legislation is use a legal parliamentary procedure to commit an illegal act. That national declaration must be put to a referendum. The way the EU works is by a fait accompli, the accomplished fact. The EU has already put in place everything it needs. It has been done and in a way this discussion is moot, but we do require a referendum. As I stated in the last paragraph of my opening remarks, the President of Ireland and his Council of State would need to seriously look at the legal implications.