Written answers
Tuesday, 5 February 2008
Department of Foreign Affairs
EU Reform Treaty
9:00 pm
Joe Costello (Dublin Central, Labour)
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Question 376: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the date for the forthcoming referendum on the Lisbon Reform Treaty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3521/08]
Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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Following its signature in Lisbon on 13 December 2007, Member States are expected to ratify the Reform Treaty by 1 January 2009.
The Attorney General has advised that the legal effects of the Reform Treaty require amendment of the Constitution to enable ratification by Ireland. The timing of the referendum is currently under consideration by the Government. A number of points will have to be taken into consideration, including the timing of the legislation's passage through the Houses of the Oireachtas and the desired duration of the referendum campaign.
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