Seán Haughey (Dublin Bay North, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Taoiseach stated there is not any scope for treaty change and I wonder how the European Union will proceed in that regard as well.

In conclusion, what is the Minister's sense of how Britain should be treated at this stage? Should it be punished - should there be a punitive response - or should it be treated fairly, which would be in Ireland's interest as well? Several bureaucrats have put forward the view that it should be treated harshly, and reference was made to that here today. We would not support that. I am merely wondering what the view of the European Council was in general in that regard.

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