Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

The Seville declaration was built into the second Nice treaty. Protections with regard to this issue were clearly put forward to the Irish people. They are absolutely clear. The entire European Council, and subsequently the Irish people, agreed to them. This is the position on which people will be asked to vote again. There is no danger to Irish neutrality in any of this. We will continue to engage in the Petersberg Tasks with regard to peacekeeping and other issues as we have successfully done over the past 40 years.

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