On the one thing that matters, the freedom to set levels of direct taxation, the Taoiseach fought and won a battle at Nice. I was there as a member of the Irish delegation and in honour of that I am wearing today the souvenir tie that the French Government gave out on that occasion. The Taoiseach did not, perhaps, win that battle for all time but for a long time to come and certainly for the purposes of the referendum. If we place ourselves on the margins by voting "No" we will be in a much weaker position to defend such vital interests. Tax harmonisation cannot be imposed by enhanced co-operation and the increasingly ingenious and far-fetched reasons for voting "No" to the Nice treaty show that there are no compelling reasons for doing so.