Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)

In general, yes. I said at the UN review conference that it is hypocritical of certain countries to demand, from a military point of view, that others should not be allowed to move on nuclear energy, while they themselves are not disarming, which was the other side of the coin in terms of the NPT. Ireland has been to the fore over the years in articulating that and will continue to do so.

Dr. El Baradei's views on Iran and the proposed EU energy deal were surprising, and his perspective on the latter was particularly interesting. The remit of his organisation is to monitor all of this activity, but he seemed more positive than are we in Ireland towards the United States-India deal.

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