"Yes" is right for Europe, right for Ireland and right for the applicants. In short, "Yes" is simply right. Like Senator O'Meara I too came from an agricultural background, and when I go back to the country and see how the countryside has developed I see at first hand the benefits of EU membership. From running a business here in Dublin I know the benefits of foreign inward investment. Possibly 40% of my business is export-led and comes from American multinationals in the first instance and onward into Europe. There are many people and many families in my constituency of Dublin 15 dependent upon those businesses. I ask those who vote "No" what is the alternative. Do we choose mass unemployment, as we had in the 1950s and 1960s, or do we continue to be a central part of Europe and increase the customer base for our good and services? "Yes" is right for Europe, right for Ireland and right for the applicants. In short, "Yes" is simply right.