Terry Leyden (Fianna Fail)

I rose to ask the Leader a question. I commend everyone involved in winning last Friday's referendum. No single group or party was responsible for that success, since it was the choice of the people, in their wisdom, to vote "Yes" decisively. Arising from the referendum, will the Leader arrange an early debate? Poland will sign the treaty next Sunday and I am confident the Czech Republic will sign it shortly because they will not want to be isolated. The House should discuss the Lisbon treaty's implications for Members of the Oireachtas. There would be no better forum in which to discuss European legislation than Seanad Éireann. It comprises people of all qualifications and interests.