Terry Leyden (Fianna Fail)

We have received €58 billion in Common Agricultural Policy, Structural and Cohesion Funds since 1973. The contribution has been huge.

Ireland has held the European Union Presidency on numerous occasions and in this regard we proved one of the most successful of the 27 member states. We can be proud of this. What would we gain by throwing away all of this? What has the "No" campaign said to convince any sane person to vote "No" on 12 June? Two weeks from today we face a major decision and I ask that next week be Lisbon reform treaty week in the Seanad. We will have the opportunity to discuss all of these issues and I hope people vote "Yes" on 12 June.