THE Government ratified almost 300 European and international treaties in the seven years leading up to the failed Lisbon Treaty referendum -- 145 of them in the last year alone.
The treaties -- none of which were placed before the electorate -- included agreements on defence, organised crime, extradition, air services, chemical weapons, taxation and mutual assistance in criminal matters.
Details of the treaties emerged as an all-party oireachtas committee begins a review of our contentious referendum process.
The review will examine whether the bulk of future EU treaties can be ratified by parliamentary vote.
http://www.independent.ie/national-news/state-ratified-145-treaties-last-year-1511244.html
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