Trevor Ó Clochartaigh (Sinn Fein)

It is a question of where the people stand on this. We need a debate on these issues. Where is the coherent Government policy on what is happening in Europe? Is there to be a third Lisbon treaty? Is one being proposed? Where does the Government stand on the question of trying to regain our economic sovereignty from the European Union? Are we always to be at the beck and call of France and Germany, or are we to stand up for our national interests, as the Slovakians seem to have done last night? We call for a debate on these issues because they are really the pertinent issues of the day.