Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)

Will the Taoiseach follow up on her comments?

Another summit next week is due to agree a framework for reforms of the European Union, yet the Taoiseach has not yet made a single substantive point on what Ireland's position will be on this matter. Some weeks ago in the House he stated he did not have any idea what was being talked about and he was only talking about limited treaty change. With his sixth summit since taking office imminent, will the Taoiseach finally propose an item for the agenda and circulate any proposals? Again, I ask him to take up my offer to hold cross-party talks in order that we can arrive at an agreed position that would strengthen Ireland's national position. Existing European Central Bank policies are not working. They have failed abysmally and it is time this country started to say something about it because we and many other member states have just as large a stake in this issue as Germany, France and the other big players.

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