de Valera, Vivion Wednesday, 15 November 1972

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European Communities Bill, 1972: Report Stage.

This debate, particularly on Committee Stage, developed into an attempt to define directives in a legal sense as something distinct from regulations of the Community and to build a theory on the idea ...

I thought the Deputy and his party advocated that result before the referendum.

I agree.

Yes, but the Deputy's party also urged the people to it.

Except that the Deputy is staying in Fine Gael. He is not consistent in that, if that is his view.

This debate was used by some speakers to retry the referendum. Deputy Tully said this was a fact and that this was now being accepted. The last speaker seemed to have a different idea. One can unde...

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