Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)

-----and eurozone countries to solve this problem.

It is time the Government published a paper on this matter, outlining its position on a number of fundamental questions. I ask that it publish such a paper because I am of the view that such questions are going to come our way sooner than the Taoiseach thinks. We need to be honest and up-front with the people and outline the relevant issues for them in a transparent fashion. It should not be a case of the four wise men on the committee coming in behind the scrum and of the issues eventually being articulated for the public. Will the Taoiseach publish a paper in respect of the Government's position on Europe? Will he indicate what issues he has put on the agenda, from an Irish perspective, for next week's meeting?

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