Ruairí Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein)

The fact the Minister of State had to deviate from the speech was on the basis of what was going on at present. It is incredibly frightening. I believe there will be agreement across the board on the fact that Israel is a genocidal entity and it has its own purposes and reasons with regard to its attack on Iran. My fear in this is where there may be some element of movement from other European states that were rather slower than Ireland in seeing what was going on. Is this sufficient to stoke up the general fear of nuclear capacity in Iran and, to a degree, provide the Israelis with some element of a bible that is utterly unacceptable?

Does the Minister of State have any notion of how long it will take to look at the EU-Israel association agreement? We all know the pieces and we have all had the conversation about the occupied territories Bill. I do not expect the Minister of State to go into detail on this. My question is on where the conversation is in Europe at present. I would like to know about the war bonds. Has the State looked for a means whereby the Central Bank could stop facilitating them? Forget about our proposed legislation; is it that nothing happens from the Government's point of view unless the European Union makes a determination?

Will the Minister of State go into a bit more detail on the multi-annual framework? There is fear about the CAP and the loss of the nitrates derogation. The strategic economy has changed very much.

Will the Minister of State give more detail on how exactly the conversation happens on the White Paper with regard to defence readiness and how Ireland answers whatever questions are being put? I do not think I need to reiterate Sinn Féin policy.

Regarding the accession countries, there are specific issues relating to Georgia and Serbia and I ask the Minister of State to speak to us about some of those.

I have 14 more questions but I will leave them until the next round.