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

Many questions have been posed to the Taoiseach and I look forward to receiving the answers. We need to acknowledge the strong support given to the Irish position by the other EU 26 and key personnel such as Michel Barnier and Guy Verhofstadt. I have a technical question about the legal status of the text agreed between the UK Government and the EU last Friday. Different interpretations have been put forward. We heard one interpretation by the EU, others from spokespersons for the European Commission and others from spokespersons for the UK Government. Has the Attorney General been consulted on this process leading up to the agreement?

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Has the Attorney General given any advice to the Government on the final text agreed? I seek clarification on the legalities of the text agreed. I accept the European Council has to consider the matter further at this week's meeting. I ask the Taoiseach to give some legal clarification regarding the text agreed last Friday.

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