Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The reason we are having the debate is very clear: the Cabinet is the Executive and the Government and it is charged with making decisions collectively and that is what it did. The Cabinet does not come to the Parliament, which is the Oireachtas, the Dáil and the Seanad, and ask for a decision. The Cabinet has made a decision. That is its duty and responsibility. It comes here today to ask for the approval of the House, to agree with that decision, to appeal this to the European judicial system and to ask the Attorney General to prepare the draft appeal over the next two months. The Cabinet makes its decision separately from the Dáil but it comes here today to the Dáil to ask for its approval after a discussion and a vote to approve that decision to appeal the case.

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