Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)

I cannot say off the top of my head how many other countries require a referendum. Two have already had them and they were obviously successful. There are no plans at present for us to have a referendum on this matter because the discussions at EU level are not finished. As I stated, I hope there will be progress under the German Presidency but the issue may become relevant to its successor. One way or the other, we will have to reach some conclusions on the European constitution in the next year and a half or two years.

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