Pearse Doherty (Sinn Fein)

Will the Leader clarify this situation? He should ask the Minister of State, who took questions in the House, to respond to my written question as to where in the text of the Lisbon treaty it states that the veto on international trade can be used after the treaty is passed.

Comments have been made about the "No" side in this campaign. I am proud of every single person, including Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil supporters, who will come out on 12 June and vote "No". I have repeatedly put our position across in this House. We have not said that the veto on corporation tax will be taken away. What we have said, however, is that Fine Gael agreed to this. In the European Parliament, Fine Gael voted for tax harmonisation in the Bersani report. The Lisbon treaty provides the infrastructure to change corporation tax from a veto system to qualified majority voting.