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Order of Business (3 Apr 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: No. 41 on the C list is the education patronage Bill, which is promised for this year. Since the Tánaiste's colleague, the Minister for Education and Science, is beside him, will he say what progress has been made in this regard and will it be produced by the end of 2008?

Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Apr 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Absolutely.

Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Apr 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Hear, hear.

Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Apr 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: It did so by an overwhelming majority of 80% to 20%.

Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Apr 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Absolutely.

Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Apr 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: I am not sure we want to go that far.

Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Apr 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: As I was.

Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Apr 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Deputy Brian Lenihan is the first Fianna Fáil Minister I have ever heard articulate that self-evident fact.

Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Apr 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: The European Central Bank has one working language — English.

Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Apr 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Unlike some of the Minister's predecessors.

Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Apr 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: I wish to share time with Deputy Ó Snodaigh. I am a former spokesperson on European affairs and I have had the honour and privilege to represent Ireland at European Councils. I am also the chairperson of the Irish Alliance for Europe, an organisation representing all political parties and the social partners, which is dedicated to achieving a "Yes" vote. I am pleased to follow the Minister...

Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Apr 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: There is no EU army.

Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Apr 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: There is not.

Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Apr 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: An army can go to war; the battlegroups enforce peace.

Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Apr 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: They have not.

Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Apr 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: The Deputy is wrong.

Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Apr 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: The Deputy is simply wrong.

Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Apr 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: A war?

Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Apr 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: We have the triple lock.

Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Apr 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: That is something the Deputy's party should know about, they got money in arms.