Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

Everyone that Sinn Féin mentioned and everyone else in the country will have an opportunity on 31 May to decide individually on this treaty. That is why we have referendums. Individual citizens can enter polling booths and make decisions on what is in the best interests of Ireland and its people. By any standard, it is in people's best interests to ensure access to emergency funding if necessary. The only certain emergency funding that will be available to the State after 2013 is the European Stability Mechanism, ESM, and we must ratify the treaty to access it.

Consider the jobs announcements made recently. Abbott announced 175 jobs in Sligo, HP announced 280 jobs in Galway and Kildare, Microsoft announced a €130 million investment in Dublin, Mylan announced 500 jobs in north Dublin,-----

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