Joe Costello (Dublin Central, Labour)

The Taoiseach is aware that the reform treaty is not the constitutional treaty. It is written in a most opaque, unintelligible, illegible fashion. Referendums can be won and lost on the simplest things. One is the lack of transparency and the perception that there is something suspicious about a document one cannot understand. Does the Taoiseach intend to provide a legible document for every citizen, clearly identifying the main provisions of the reform treaty? The National Forum for Europe has credibility and widespread representation of establishment figures and non-governmental figures. Perhaps the Government would provide the funding to enable that body to produce the document.

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