Taoiseach: Nothing to fear from fiscal treaty referendum
Taoiseach Enda Kenny said today that there would be "nothing to fear from a referendum" on the proposed eurozone fiscal treaty.
Mr Kenny is meeting EU leaders in Brussels today for a summit which will see details of the text finalised.
Irish officials are said to be growing more confident that the final text of the document will allow the Government to avoid the prospect of a referendum on the new rules.
Speaking to reporters in Brussels this afternoon, the Taoiseach said that he will await the advice of the Attorney General.
"[There is] nothing to fear from a referendum at all," he said.
"I've made this perfectly clear, that when the text is finalised, I will ask the Attorney General, formally, to present the Government with the Attorney General's response as to whether the agreed text, as finalised by the politicians, is in compliance with our constitution.
If it is in compliance with Bunreacht na hÉireann, there is no need for a referendum. If it's not, there will be a referendum."
