Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)

Will the Taoiseach give a timeline on the preparation of the fiscal responsibility Bill, as part of the intergovernmental agreement and treaty agreed at last evening's EU summit? Will he consider the establishment of a sub-committee of the European affairs committee to facilitate broader discussion in the House and to tease out the treaty's implications for future budgets and job creation? Will this sub-committee also consider in depth the impact assessments the Government must have undertaken and prepared in advance of the negotiations leading to the treaty? Before Christmas, I asked the Taoiseach to establish such a committee, as had been done for the Lisbon treaty and which was effective in bringing Members into the discussion. Will he consider the same for the treaty agreed last night?

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