Duncan Smith (Dublin Fingal East, Labour)
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I do not believe that is very helpful for this debate. Like Dr. Devine and the other panellists, I vehemently want to keep the triple lock. In the context of conflating something like the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, I cannot see any circumstance where we would resile from our commitment to abolish nuclear weapons or abolish them from the planet. It is almost stronger than our commitment to the triple lock in terms of how Irish people feel. We are in the teeth of this now. We have the heads of the Bill. We are going to have to try to defeat this in these Chambers over the next few weeks. I want to have as much proper evidence as possible in order that we can take on the Government and the Tánaiste and keep this triple lock. I do not think conflating the nuclear weapons convention and issues like that is helpful, to be honest.