 The domestic ratification having been completed, the Irish government lodged Ireland's instrument of ratification with the Italian government on 23 October 2009.Shortly after Ireland's first referendum, Polish President Lech Kaczyński had said that it would have been pointless to give his final signature before a solution to the Irish no vote could be found.While the President had previously signed a parliamentary bill paving the way for Polish ratification, he had declined to sign the ratification instrument of the treaty.