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Seanad: WTO Negotiations: Statements (Resumed) (21 May 2008): Pearse Doherty: ...Lisbon treaty, including among senior Ministers. Yesterday the TÃ¡naiste incorrectly stated that larger states had two members on the European Commission. A few days before that the Taoiseach was forced to admit that he had not read the treaty in full, while the Minister for Defence, Deputy O'Dea, incorrectly said that this State has a veto on other EU states coming together in mini...

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