Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It is more dishonesty because, of course, we know Article 29.4.9° of the Constitution, which we put in in 2002 and reaffirmed in 2009, states: "The State shall not adopt a decision taken by the European Council to establish a common defence pursuant to Article 42 of the Treaty on European Union where that common defence would include the State." Therefore, we cannot, without a constitutional referendum, participate in any EU common defence pact. The Deputy should not set out false stories here.

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