Ivana Bacik (Independent)

I commend the Leader on organising Thursday's briefing on the EU treaty. I agree with what Senator Darragh O'Brien said about attendance and I certainly recommend it to all the Labour Senators. It is very important to have a good attendance from Senators at that important briefing. However, I wish to respond to what he said on where the Government stands on the treaty. Clearly, the Government stands on the point that this referendum is about the EU fiscal compact treaty, not about anything else. There is a very clear voice from the Government on this. I heard the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Varadkar, just this morning making that clear. There are other issues, of course, which will be helpful, as they would be to any "Yes" campaign in any referendum,-----