12 Mr. O'Malley asked the Taoiseach if, in view of the Taoiseach's recent statement that Articles 2 and 3 had not been an issue at the time of the Sunningdale Agreement, nor at the 1985 Hillsborough Agreement, he accepts that, in the light of the subsequent McGimpsey Supreme Court judgment which ordained that the so-called territorial claim enshrined in Articles 2 and 3 is a constitutional imperative, this is bound to alter political perspectives of these Articles, and that they do not accord with the principle of unity by consent only, enshrined in Clause 1 of the Anglo-Irish Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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12 Mr. O'Malley asked the Taoiseach if, in view of the Taoiseach's recent statement that Articles 2 and 3 had not been an issue at the time of the Sunningdale Agreement, nor at the 1985 Hillsborough Agreement, he accepts that, in the light of the subsequent McGimpsey Supreme Court judgment which ordained that the so-called territorial claim enshrined in Articles 2 and 3 is a constitutional imperative, this is bound to alter political perspectives of these Articles, and that they do not accord with the principle of unity by consent only, enshrined in Clause 1 of the Anglo-Irish Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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1. 27 April 1993

   Ceisteanna — Questions. Oral Answers. - Anglo-Irish Relations.

   12 Mr. O'Malley asked the Taoiseach if, in view of the Taoiseach's recent statement that Articles 2 and 3 had not been an issue at the time of the Sunningdale Agreement, nor at the 1985 Hillsborough Agreement, he accepts that, in the light of the subsequent McGimpsey Supreme Court judgment which ordained that the so-called territorial claim enshrined in Articles 2 and 3 is a constitutional imperative, this is bound to alter political perspectives of these Articles, and that they do not accord with the principle of unity by consent only, enshrined in Clause 1 of the Anglo-Irish Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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