Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

I would like to hear the reflections of the committee on European affairs first. If it were to consider such a move were appropriate, I would certainly give it consideration. The committee is a full Oireachtas committee of the House. It should have hearings on the intergovernmental agreement and the treaty to tease out the issues. This treaty is not as expansive as the Lisbon treaty which covered a large spectrum of issues and circumstances.

Deputy Hannigan and his European affairs committee should arrange, first, for official briefings on the treaty and then take it from there.

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