Michael D Higgins (Galway West, Labour)

I appreciate the Minister of State's broad sympathy with my questions and I agree with his answers. What is the position of the Government in respect of a run-off election? Will it send observers? This is practical.

My next question relates to the previous one. Is the Irish Government concerned at the dispatch of a boat carrying armaments from China to southern Africa? Does he agree that the refusal of organised workers in South Africa to handle the boat is one of the high moments for democracy in Africa?

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