Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)

I am seeking clarification on the same issue. Will the European Stability Mechanism, ESM, be debated in the Dáil before or after the referendum on the fiscal treaty? As the Taoiseach seems to be indicating, the reason this is a critical question is that, if the Dáil passes the ESM legislation, we will pass the clause that denies us access to the ESM in the event that we oppose the treaty. We will be committing money to an ESM from which we might not be able to benefit if we do not pass the fiscal treaty. The sequence is critical.

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