Michael D Higgins (Galway West, Labour)

I will be brief. The Minister will note that my question referred to Irish passports and to EU citizens' identities. My point pertains to the evolution of the diplomatic personality of the European Union with particular reference to the evolution of Baroness Ashton's new diplomatic service. It is of absolutely crucial significance that intelligence agencies not be allowed to cross over in such a way as to endanger the development of relations between the European Union and the rest of the world. That was part of my distinction between the Irish position and that of the British.

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