Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)

As I said, we are examining and reflecting. When the Taoiseach said we did not have immediate answers, he was telling the truth, because prior to the referendum, we had said a "Yes" result would mean certainty, while a "No" result would mean genuine uncertainty. It was not the case, as I told a journalist, that we had the Lisbon treaty in one hand and an alternative to it in the other that we could produce after the referendum. That is not the reality. Therefore, we are genuinely saying there is some work to be done as regards how we can make our way through this. That is the way we are proceeding.

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