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.
People may not have noticed that this treaty brings a change that will suit smaller countries more than the larger ones. I wonder how the people of Germany or France, who will change from having two commissioners to only one, and that one on a rotating basis, would feel about the treaty if they had a referendum. This treaty will be better for Ireland and we will be more equal in terms of access to a commissioner. People seem to think we are losing out. Everybody is losing out but that is what happens. With enlargement we cannot all have the same share.
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