John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)

Does the Minister agree with the views expressed by Dr. El Baradei? For example, he observed that we spend $100 billion every year on development, less than 10% of the $1.1 trillion spent on weapons. He described this as hypocritical and also said it was hypocritical for the nuclear powers to preach to non-nuclear states. He particularly referred to the United Kingdom spending $200 billion to modernise the Trident submarine. I tend to agree with his views. Does the Minister?

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