Joe Costello (Dublin Central, Labour)

I do not believe we have gone through legislation as quickly as this in some time. It is great see such a degree of consensus on this legislation. I hope we have as much consensus when we come to the 28th Amendment to the Constitution Bill, which will be coming up next week. This is worthwhile legislation which I hope is the precursor to much greater in-depth discussion of all things European once the Lisbon treaty is in place.

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