Shane Ross (Dublin South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

-----of getting the money that he hoped for as a result of the June communiqué?

The statement is important because it tells us what the relationship is between Ireland and Europe. This statement says that the policy, in particular that pursued in June, has failed but the policy in general is now under question. This particular statement was a statement which was unfriendly and unhelpful to Ireland and deliberately damaging to Ireland.

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