Michael D Higgins (Galway West, Labour)

In anticipation of the vindication of our rights and sovereignty over an extended area, which would be very welcome, should we encourage Irish companies to respect such sovereignty elsewhere? Perhaps the Minister will write to me about this. I am raising it now, but my later question was transferred to written answer for various reasons. I would be concerned if the European Commissioner facilitated an illegal act off El Aaiún in former Spanish Sahara. The Council of Ministers agreed by a qualified majority to go along with the Commission.

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