Eugene Regan (Fine Gael)

As the campaign on the Lisbon treaty draws to a close, it would be useful to examine all the arguments made by the "No" campaign, which were completely undermined as information emerged about the treaty. There will be no change to Irishneutrality, the 12.5% corporation tax rate, abortion laws, gay marriage, stem cell research, the veto on the WTO agreement and the primacy of EU law or citizenship, an issue raised recently by Anthony Coughlan who overlooked the provisions in the treaty in this regard. It has been also asserted that there would be a requirement for a referendum in future when changes are made to treaties. Again, that has been proven not to be the case.