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

Yes. They have made their position in respect of Israel clear, because of what happened historically. I think there is a failure there to look at it in contemporary times in terms of Israel's destruction of Gaza and killing of Palestinians. I fail to understand the German position in respect of that. Germany is still the biggest contribution of humanitarian aid to Gaza and to Palestinians. That is the other side of that coin. It is committed to that humanitarian mission as well.

I think in terms of the security architecture and the peace plan, it is the only peace plan that has been published. Remember that what is turning the dial here as well is North Korean weaponry that has gone to Russia and really helped Russia, and the Iranian drones that have been sent as well which have helped Russia enormously. If there is peace, I think most people say there has to be some kind of security architecture to give some guarantees into the future to Ukraine and to others. Sometimes the security architecture creates peace, if it is properly defined and designed. There are many ways we can look at this. Ukraine denuclearised after the collapse of the Soviet empire. Ukraine got rid of its nuclear weapons voluntarily and look at the thanks it got from Russia. Ireland maintains our focus on nuclear non-proliferation. That is one of the reasons we opted, under the peace plan initiative, to do some work on the nuclear front in terms of safety and security around the plants.