Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

I want to ask a question, but I do not know how many minutes remain. With regard to what happened yesterday, it is not fair to embark on a new batch of questions when there is no opportunity to answer. How can the Taoiseach be so confident that Ireland will meet the targets when we have officially budgeted €300 million to purchase carbon credits in the next few years? What is the basis for our confidence that we can meet the EU target?

Perhaps I might also ask regarding the draft EU constitution. Did the issue arise at the meeting or on its margins? What is the Taoiseach's current view of the possibility of the draft constitution surviving in its present form, and does the Government have a settled view on when the Irish people might be given the opportunity to vote on it?

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