Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party)

Could the Taoiseach give us an exact timescale for the treaty establishing the European Stability Mechanism Bill? We know it will be after the result of his austerity treaty is in but does he intend to take it before the summer recess? Will he confirm in that regard that that is not part of European law as yet and cannot be so part until there is a further amendment to the treaty on the functioning of the European Union over which he has a veto? Will he confirm also that he could therefore withdraw from that Bill-----

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