Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal North East, Sinn Fein)

Regarding the upcoming European Communities amendment Bill, I have listened to a number of Ministers express concern that if the people reject the upcoming treaty we will not be able to access the European Stability Mechanism funding. The Government holds a veto over putting this forward in terms of Article 136 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, which the Government apparently intends taking through. Will the Government now refuse to take that through, follow through the concern it has expressed and block it going through these Houses?

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