Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 22 January 2014

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade

Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised)

3:40 pm

Photo of Seán CroweSeán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein)
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The European Council was mentioned during discussions in the Dáil yesterday. One issue that was raised concerned the development of drones. Is any of this funding going towards these organisations and the development of that within Europe? Does the Tánaiste see Ireland as having a role in the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons? For many years, there were initiatives on this between Russia and the US.

Nuclear weapons have spread to other countries. Will Ireland be taking any sort of initiative in this regard? A group of Irish NGOs came together last week to work on the issue of nuclear weapons and to consider how Ireland can progress the campaign to remove these weapons of mass destruction from the face of the earth.