Réada Cronin (Kildare North, Sinn Fein)
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The final project the Minister is seeking Dáil approval on is for cyberdefence exercises. Will he talk about cyberdefence? We live in a complicated and compromised geopolitical reality. I say "compromised" because prior to the European elections, certain candidates said that they would not vote in favour of Ursula von der Leyen. The Government has already said that it will support her continued Presidency of the EU. She was so quick to support Israel in its attack on the citizens of Gaza. We are compromised now. I believe that certain MEPs who said they would not support her prior to the election are being leaned on now. We are always talking about Russia and the threat from it. Is the Government worried about threats from Israel? We know it used forged passports before to gain entry to, I think, Lebanon, to kill somebody. Is the Government threatened by that? Given the fact that Ireland has spoken out about Israel, is it only Russia that the Minister is worried about or is it worried about cyberdefence with regard to Israel too?