Gormley: Being a minister doesn’t influence my yes vote

GREEN Party leader John Gormley has insisted he would still be voting for the Lisbon Treaty even if he were not a Government minister.

The Greens have advocated a no vote in every EU referendum since 1987, but are split on the Lisbon Treaty.

Mr Gormley, his ministerial colleague Eamon Ryan and the Green parliamentary party are supporting the treaty, but don’t have the unanimous backing of their party.