Finian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent)

I wish to ask three short questions. First, is it correct that in recent days young women with an intellectual disability, Down's syndrome, were used in suicide bomb attacks in Iraq? I do not like using the term "suicide bomb attacks" in this context because they were used to blow up citizens in the middle of a market. Is this information correct?

My second question concerns our foreign policy over the years. Has the Minister told the British and US governments about Ireland's opposition to the war in Iraq, both at regular EU meetings and other international fora?

Third, the vast majority of people now accept that the Iraq war was illegal but, more importantly, events in recent weeks have shown that the vast majority of US citizens have adopted this position also. I ask the Minister to push that line at UN and EU levels.

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