Marie Louise O'Donnell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I welcome Mr. Blanch. I am very confused, not because of what I have heard but because the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and the Government agreed to the designation on 30 April 2018. Now I am told it is being questioned in a sense. There is an obfuscation given the heightened sensitivity of the North and military issues. I do not know where I am. The first thing I would like to ask Deputy Brophy is where we stand. Does the Minister agree with it or not? Has she sent it out here for us to find what the problems are or obfuscate on it? Can Deputy Brophy provide specific reasons for wanting it fixed? What are things he would seek to tighten up? Does Mr. Falvey agree with the Bill. I like Mr. Blanch's point about not corralling it to suit the suits. What he says is very real. When I look at Yemen and Syria, I think, "My God, my God." Where do we stand? There are people starving and we are not even paying attention to them.

Are we with the Minister? Is she with us but not really? Has this all been handed over to the committee as a kind of obfuscation or insurance policy? I have read all the literature and I am confused. What started off as something quite simple has grown a few tentacles to the right and left and is not so simple any more. That is why we are all here.