Triple lock and referendum
Deputy Mac Lochlainn presses for a referendum before any change to the triple lock and seeks opposition statements; the Taoiseach responds briefly and dismissively.
I listened to the Taoiseach's comments about neutrality over the weekend. As he knows, the triple lock arose from two referendums the Irish people voted on where it was used as an assurance around neutrality. I ask him clearly, if he is going to reverse that, to commit to a referendum. If he is going to get rid of the triple lock, will he put it to a referendum of the Irish people and give them assurances around that? Will he and the Tánaiste facilitate statements taking questions from the Opposition? He called us an aggressive Opposition for defending the rights of the Irish people in two referendums. That is not aggressive; that is a principled stand for the Irish people.
