The issues, concerns and fears which led to the referendum defeat last summer must be clarified and addressed. Fifteen months ago the main red herring was the issue of neutrality. Our neutrality was not under threat from the Nice treaty and it is certainly not under threat now, particularly with the Seville declaration. Anybody who attempts to draw the neutrality issue into the debate is deliberating trying to sow the seeds of confusion and doubt. The Government and all pro-Nice treaty parties must put this issue at rest clearly and early in the campaign. Ireland's neutrality has not been threatened by participation in the European Economic Community, the European Community or the European Union and it will not be threatened by an enlarged Union.