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Sat 08 Aug 2008O'Rourke supports Oireachtas vote on parts of Lisbon
ELEMENTS OF the Lisbon Treaty should be passed by legislation in the Oireachtas with the rest being put to referendum at some distant time in the future, Fianna Fáil TD and former minister Mary O'Rourke told the Humbert Summer School in Ballina, Co Mayo yesterday.
Opposing the notion that the treaty as it stands could be put to another referendum, Ms O'Rourke said: "It's both foolish and intellectually lazy to say, 'We'll have another vote and this time they'll vote Yes.'"
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