Maeve O'Connell (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I apologise for arriving late. I enjoyed reading both the witnesses’ opening statements. I absolutely recognise their expertise and competence in this area. There was great clarity of thought and language in both statements to help us understand the issues we are facing here.

I wish to get a bit more clarity around some of the comments Mr. Power made. He said we are seen as an outlier in how we allow the permanent members of the UN Security Council to hold sway on our policy. I am trying to understand a bit more about how we are seen as an outlier. What are the implications of that in terms of partners with whom we have worked and with whom we will be working with in the future? What are the implications, on an ongoing basis, for all our other operations?