Seanad debates

Thursday, 12 September 2002

An Bille um an Séú Leasú is Fiche ar an mBunreacht, 2002: An Dara Céim. Twenty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 2002: Second Stage.

 

Third, on the issue of qualified majority voting, it is true that 30 new areas will fall under QMV. Almost all the new areas moving to QMV are of extremely limited significance. Contrary to another myth perpetrated by the "No" side, taxation, an issue of some significance in this State, remains subject to unanimity because we and our allies successfully fought at the Nice negotiations to keep it so. There is no threat to Ireland's tax status. We will remain the sole and sovereign deciders on our tax status.

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