Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

The answer to Deputy Adams is no, I am not going to give any guarantee on that basis. If and when the issue of treaty change, limited or otherwise, comes before us, I will follow normal procedures and ask the Attorney General for advice. I pointed out to the Chancellor that I believe existing facilities in the treaties should be used to deal with the current crisis.

Deputy Martin wrote to me three weeks ago about giving the Taoiseach a mandate to go to European Council meetings. I thanked him for his letter but he knows that even if someone is sitting at that table with a mandate from here, it could be completely irrelevant to the issue that might evolve for discussion.

See this speech in context