Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

A referendum has been promised by the Taoiseach and legislation will have to be introduced to enable that to happen. Discussions have taken place between the Taoiseach and the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Opposition parties about the matters under discussion between the Government and our European partners on this issue. To my knowledge, withdrawal from the EDA is not part of that. I invite the Taoiseach again to state clearly whether the Government is seeking to withdraw Ireland from the agency.

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