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.

 

The changed structures that are proposed under the treaty to facilitate the better management of a larger Union are also causing doubts and confusion. There is, for example, the mistaken view that Ireland's entitlement to appoint a European Commissioner will disappear. This is incorrect. Any such decision could only be taken unanimously at European level and I doubt that Ireland would give its assent to any such proposal. Issues such as the number of seats Ireland will hold in a larger European Parliament and its voting rights under the qualified majority voting system need to be clearly explained.

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