Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

I am aware that a Sinn Féin Member of the European Parliament has asked for the consolidated text to be sent to every household in the country, which I was told would cost €20 million, but it is available on demand if people are genuinely interested in looking at the treaty in more detail. All of that information is available on the websites I mentioned. People can get anything they need on the treaty.

What probable questions might arise in all kinds of situations are not issues for Question Time. I want to see the reform treaty implemented. I want to be consistent about my position on Europe, as I have always been. I do not understand how somebody can say he or she is totally pro-European and when Europe wants to take a step forward he or she can be totally anti-everything to do with it.

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