Seanad debates

Friday, 13 September 2002

An Bille um an Séú Leasú is Fiche ar an mBunreacht, 2002: An Dara Céim (Atógáil). Twenty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 2002: Second Stage (Resumed).

 

Many people feel that the word "con" was taken out of the word "economy" before the election and that they were duped. When they feel like that they feel like protesting but it is not wise to vote against Nice because you want to kick the Government in the shins. That would be a retrograde step. If you want to do that there will be other opportunities. If you talk to ordinary people that is not clear-cut and recent opinion polls show that there is a large cohort in the "don't know" category. These are the people we have to convince that it is in Ireland's interest to accept the enlargement of the EU. Business leaders will applaud the expansion of the population from 375 million to 550 million with the accession of the central and east European countries. It is only right that they should join. We got the opportunity in the past.

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