Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

No, there has not been because we are in an uncertain situation. The agreed conclusion that emerged from the discussion was that we would analyse the situation because it was only a week since the referendum result and that the October Council meeting would see the matter discussed further to see if there was a way forward at that stage. The point is that there is uncertainty as to how to proceed. We operate under the Nice treaty provisions at present. These are ratified and form the basis of our work. Until there is a change to that, the Nice treaty provisions operate.

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