Dan Boyle (Green Party)

As far as I understand, the timetable is still on course for September.

On the Lisbon treaty, the President of the European Parliament made a fine address to the House in recent weeks. It has been suggested on the Order of Business that the best way for the House to approach the subject would be to hold a series of debates on different aspects of the treaty, such as the social charter, the questions of what protections exist under the new structures in terms of taxation, etc. and whether Irish neutrality would be threatened in the future European Union. Were we to have a number of individual debates, it would help the public debate that must occur in advance of the referendum. Will the Leader consider this matter?