Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 November 2015
112. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Taoiseach if he has asked the Departments of Finance, Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, and Foreign Affairs and Trade to prepare an analysis of any future Irish step-back or exit from fuller European Union integration, or the movement of Ireland into a slower lane, or outer group of European Union states, outside of full integration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40710/15]
View answerI have not asked the Departments of Finance, Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, or Foreign Affairs and Trade to prepare an analysis of that nature.
Ireland has always been a committed member of the European Union and the Government intends that we remain at the heart of Europe.
Irrespective of the outcome of the referendum in the UK on its membership of the EU, this Government has made clear that the question of Ireland's continued membership of the EU, and indeed of the Eurozone, simply does not arise.
