Tom Clonan (Independent)
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Cuirim fáilte roimh na finnéithe. I thank them for their presentations. Professor Tonra and I have spoken at conferences together.

I am a great admirer of his work. We agree on most things but there are some areas we disagree on. He framed his statement in the opening paragraph by stating that the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine has profoundly reshaped Europe’s strategic calculus. I agree this is the case and Mr. Noonan earlier quoted Kaja Kallas. There are a number of domain assumptions around that. This is being used to frame our decision to drop the triple lock. I have heard it repeatedly said that times have changed. Things are different now. We have to join the grown-ups and get with programme. We have to wake up and smell the coffee. This is the kind of sentiment around the threat posed by Vladamir Putin. Is Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the threat that Putin’s criminal regime poses the primary lens through which Professor Tonra views European security?