Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

The Attorney General is, of course, involved in all these matters. I am simply respecting the situation where the Government will make its final decision when it has the final wording. However, based on what we have seen thus far, we believe the limited procedure that is being used for this purpose implies no change in competence. We will finalise our formal decisions and report to the Dáil in the normal way on the outcome of the European Council when we return and we are able to confirm the situation.

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