Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I add my voice of concern to that of those who spoke on the draft motion. Rather than having a division on the floor of the House, could we sit down to try to reach consensus? There was a huge degree of consensus last week on this issue. I believe the Government was party to that consensus, although it may not have been well expressed by those on the Government benches. Let us try to get an agreement on the motion.

On the Cabinet Committee on European Affairs, yesterday the Taoiseach stated that he would look for some regular mechanism to update the House, for instance, by way of a weekly bulletin or debate. Has he thought further on how that can be done?

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