Ms Lynn Boylan:

I share the Senator's concerns. We are giving up the triple lock, which is a protection we have. We are asking Deputies, Senators and members of the public to trust our political leaders while political leaders at the European level are ignoring international law. We are asking the Irish people to trust us when we have the President of the European Commission refusing to condemn Israel's illegal attacks on Iran. She actually came out and said that Israel had the right to proactively attack a sovereign country. She did not condemn what happened to the UNIFIL troops. We did not hear proper condemnation when EU diplomats, including Irish diplomats, had weapons pointed at them by Israel. We have a President, who is at the very top of the European Commission, not complying with international law. We are asking people to trust the EU.