Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)

Every week, one or two of the items coming before the Cabinet is a memorandum of a case being put before the European court by an interest which might have an impact on the Irish economy, jobs or human rights. The Cabinet must decide whether to join the case. Many times we decide to join the case but we do not get the Civil Service to assume the case will go against us.

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