Alice-Mary Higgins (Independent)
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I thank everyone for those answers. Cluster munitions are one thing; nuclear non-proliferation is also relevant, as is the general question of arms manufacture. I do not know if Mr. Fairmichael was there at the time, but I think Mr. Murray was. Will Mr. Murray comment on the treaty negotiation and the particular role Ireland was able to play? That gives the context for the cluster munitions Act, which is particularly robust and which is very explicit about not supporting factories. That was the case at the time because we did not have a defence industry and because we were not implicated in the manufacture of weaponry.