Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am not referring to Deputy Carthy here but more generally. Our diplomatic service works well in the way it is modelled. In North America, it works superbly well. Long-established links with the Hill, with both sides of the aisle, both Senators and Congress people, are very good. I am not a fan of sending political envoys to override that because one asks who speaks for Ireland then. The Minister is the head of the diplomatic service essentially. One has to be very careful that one does not get-----