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Fri 10 Oct 2008Call for new law to clarify where poll is required
THE DÁIL and Seanad should enact legislation to differentiate between the type of European Union treaty changes that required a referendum in Ireland and those that did not, former taoiseach John Bruton said in Leinster House yesterday.
Speaking to the Oireachtas subcommittee on Ireland's future in the EU, Mr Bruton said the purpose of such legislation would be to clarify the position, not alone for Ireland but also for her European partners.
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