Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

Will the Taoiseach note that Sinn Féin, to be helpful, is currently preparing proposals for consideration by himself and his colleagues on the next steps forward following the outcome of last Thursday's Lisbon treaty referendum? That action should be open to everyone in order to participate, help and guide as best each of us can. Going forward together is the correct way to address the challenges that lie ahead.

Does the Taoiseach accept that the real comparison in regard to Lisbon is not the previous Danish decision but the 2005 decisions of France and the Netherlands, given that 96% of the constitutional treaty was in-built in the Lisbon treaty proposals, and that we are not seeing parity of esteem and equality of treatment on which we should insist? I urge the Taoiseach to take the position that the Irish people's decision deserves not only to be respected but to be accepted in its totality.

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