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European Council Meeting: Statements (1 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: I have dealt with our concerns about the limitations of the treaty. At a meeting I asked the Taoiseach whether the Government has undertaken any economic impact assessment of the treaty, in terms of its fiscal implications, its broader economic implications for the country and its impact on jobs, and whether he will publish such impact assessments and distribute them to Members of the House....

European Council Meeting: Statements (1 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: Will a future Oireachtas be able to repeal legislation and still remain compliant?

European Council Meeting: Statements (1 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: That is not-----

European Council Meeting: Statements (1 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: Therefore, we would not be complying with the treaty. How can the Government sign up to it in that case?

European Council Meeting: Statements (1 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: How can we sign up to it then?

European Council Meeting: Statements (1 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: It is not any convention.

European Council Meeting: Statements (1 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: Therefore, it is not of a permanent or binding character.

European Council Meeting: Statements (1 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: The introduction of abortion-----

European Council Meeting: Statements (1 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: There is a problem there and the Minister of State knows it.

European Council Meeting: Statements (1 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: This is a Second Stage speech.

European Council Meeting: Statements (1 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: I am trying to square the circle following the Minister of State's reply in regard to Article 3.2. How can anybody look Chancellor Angela Merkel in the eye, as the Taoiseach did, and sign up to something that has to be of binding force and permanent character, and then say in the House that future Oireachtais can actually repeal and amend it? There seems to be a disingenuous dimension to...

European Council Meeting: Statements (1 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: I am asking for clarification.

European Council Meeting: Statements (1 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: Stop being so partisan about everything, Minister, and just listen to the questions you have been asked. It is a very valid question.

European Council Meeting: Statements (1 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: What do "permanent character" and "binding force" mean? I only want the answer.

European Council Meeting: Statements (1 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: I appreciate that.

European Council Meeting: Statements (1 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: Ridiculous.

European Council Meeting: Statements (1 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: We had a referendum in 1999 on local government.

European Council Meeting: Statements (1 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: Here we go again.

European Council Meeting: Statements (1 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: Here we go again. We get this all the time.

European Council Meeting: Statements (1 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: The Minister of State is too partisan. She will alienate more people by the way she goes on.