Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)

No. What I made clear was that certain valid concerns were raised by the European Central Bank in the opinion, and those concerns are already addressed or can be addressed in the correspondence with the president. I indicated to the House, as I hope any Irish Minister would, that the ECB does not have a function in the constitutional validity of legislation enacted in this House. That is the position.

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