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 European trade union centres in the applicant countries are pleading for our support. That is the reality. I do not care what people say from the different parties and groups opposed to it. We will certainly bring that issue to the attention of the Irish people and Irish workers during the next few weeks. It is not a case of Ireland trying to pull a fast one on the applicant countries. The trade unions, workers and communities of applicant countries want to be in the Union. Countries such as Estonia and Poland have asked time and again for our support.
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