Ryan O'Meara (Tipperary North, Fianna Fail)
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I thank Professor Tonra. I have a question for Mr. Murphy. A couple of times he mentioned the phrase, "to put trust back in this House". I think that was the phrase he used. This is a question I asked a couple of sessions ago of others who were before the committee. For me, the argument for retaining the triple lock at the moment is that we would rather trust the likes of warmongers like Vladimir Putin, or individuals of current international standing or morals such as Donald Trump to veto where we send peacekeepers rather than trust the people who were elected to this House to stand up for our neutrality, as we always have. Would Mr. Murphy follow that line of logic in his statement, that we need to put trust back into these Houses?