Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)

As Dr. Blix said when interviewed in 2006, there are several aspects to the US-India deal. There is the non-proliferation aspect, the environmental aspect, and the energy security aspect, the latter two of which the Deputy has completely ignored in his commentary. These are legitimate issues that we can no longer ignore in the global climate in which we live. He said the rule was adopted in the NSG in order to induce states such as Israel, India and Pakistan to give up their nuclear weapons status——

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