Ms Niamh Ní Bhriain:

I have a copy of the White Paper here. I do not know if everyone here has read it. I recommend that everyone do so. It is effectively a war plan. It sets out, step by step, the different stages that Europe will take between now and 2030 to engage in active war fighting. As the Senator says, this language is terrifying. As we sit in this room, we should be discussing strengthening legislation to ensure we do not become involved in a war. We are actually sitting here discussing how to remove legislation to permit that eventuality to happen. Have we lost our minds? We should be sitting here talking about how to strengthen our neutrality and keep ourselves out of war. Instead, we are thinking about how we can distort our understanding of the UN Security Council vetoes so that we can permit Ireland to participate.