Gerard Craughwell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I want to put two things on the record. One is the Minister's responsiveness when I have called on him for assistance outside this forum. I recall contacting him during the Kabul evacuation and within moments he came back to me. I know he did everything he could for the individual involved.

The other matter relates to the Security Council. My concern is more about the frustration the Minister must feel about the big five on it that can veto anything that comes along. I was encouraged to hear him say the council needs modernisation and to look at itself again. We are living in a world where democracy is under attack all the time and we should try to democratise the United Nations Security Council far more. I do not want the Minister to go away feeling that I thought everything about it was negative. I feel the frustration he must feel, if he is trying to bring something forward.