Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)

The charter is a non-threatening part and is something to which we should all be able to sign up. Frankly, I was surprised that it caused so much difficulty.

With regard to the protocol, if one examines the fields of application of the charter, which are in the original treaty and which will be transferred over by way of a new article, one can see that it achieves any clarification that anyone would reasonably require.

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