Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)

-----and would be giving advice. Please do not try to separate the process up to now from the summit meeting. The Taoiseach's officials and those at COREPER act, and should act, on political instructions from the Taoiseach and the Government. There is no demarcation line whereby they are working in splendid isolation and the Heads of Government meet on 30 January and make a dramatic new impact. The treaties that have been published today will be significantly similar to what will emerge on Thursday. The Taoiseach is treating the House with contempt in terms of the preparations for this treaty.

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