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LISBON EXPLAINED:SURVEYS PUBLISHED following the rejection of the Lisbon Treaty last year show the public were concerned that the treaty would undermine the Government’s ability to set its own tax rates, writes JAMIE SMYTH

During the first referendum campaign, groups such as Libertas claimed changes proposed in the treaty threatened Ireland’s 12.5 per cent corporate tax rate. Many No campaigners continue to argue the treaty will change the EU’s rules on taxation.