Green Party MEP Ms Patricia McKenna has accused the Government of scaremongering in its claim jobs in Ireland will be lost by a second No vote in the Nice Treaty referendum.
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Ms Patricia McKenna
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Ms McKenna described as "absolutely absurd" Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr Brian Cowen's suggestion that so many jobs depend on the Nice treaty.
She said: "Indeed, many aspects of the treaty could well endanger jobs in Ireland through the loss of the veto in taxation and structural funds".
At the same time a small number of No campaigners from the EU accession states held a protest outside the Dáil. A spokesperson for the group said they wanted to send a message to Irish voters that it was alright to vote No as accession countries could join the EU without the Nice Treaty.
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Swedish MEP Mr Jonas Sjostedt said: "Any member state has an absolute right to vote No to treaty changes in the EU. If that right is not respected then one of the most important guarantees of national democracy and control over the EU's developed is removed".
Mr Sjostedt said he was one of millions of EU citizens that was hoping for an Irish No vote. "With a second No vote the Irish people can make an historic contribution in favour democracy and respect for the right of all peoples to decide their own future," he said.
