Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South-Central, Sinn Fein)
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I congratulate the Chair on the honour he has received and wish him well in his role. It is an important role. I also wish the secretariat well. It also has an important role. We see in every committee that an awful lot of the heavy lifting is done behind the scenes. I look forward to working with the secretariat. It is a febrile and volatile moment in the world. It is important while we may be a small country, we do what we can and choose to find the greatest way to exercise our voice and find the greatest level of influence we can and be a voice for human rights. There is, as the Cathaoirleach pointed out, a great deal of suffering and loss of life of civilian at this moment in time. We have a proud foreign affairs history. It is important we preserve that. I hope this committee will play an important role in that, as well as highlighting and doing work on how we guide our economy and society through this volatile moment in terms of trade and the global economy.