Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 12 July 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence

Foreign Affairs Council and UN Security Council: Engagement with Minister for Foreign Affairs

Photo of Sorca ClarkeSorca Clarke (Longford-Westmeath, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister and his team. I add my voice to the support, recognition and credit being afforded to the UN staff for their hard work and diligence. Sometimes we can forget the people behind the headlines. It is important to recognise the job they do.

I will touch on an issue the Minister mentioned in regard to energy guidelines and complacency. It is absolutely complacent that there has been a failure to publish the wind energy guidelines for so long. These would have contributed quite positively. That said, I am conscious that we may be wandering into the territory of the climate action committee.

On the Minister’s comments in respect of the Defence Forces - I reference this matter simply because he referred to it earlier - he challenged people to look at the detail. Has the full detail been published?

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