Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

It is not only that there will be no changes in the treaty text but what of the rules it seeks to enshrine in international law and, constitutionally, what will happen after the event? We will have no means of changing those in the future if our worst fears prove well founded. That is my question to the Tánaiste because he must realise this is the last opportunity for an exchange on the floor of this House before we go to the polls next week and we must have respect for both views that have been well articulated in recent weeks. What if the fears of so many citizens prove to be well grounded? How does the Tánaiste see us making our way back out of such a mess? Let us recognise that this carefully crafted German engineered text has only one gear. There is no reverse.

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