It is important for us to have this useful debate, although it may have been better if we had thought about it on each side of the House and had a motion before us that we could all agree. That would have sent a very strong message from the Dáil to the world community that this country is completely committed to continuing its historic work towards a world free of the nuclear threat, and which places an emphasis on the value of humanity. The moral perspective of the Irish people dictates that the money available should be spent on saving lives rather than plans to take life. I wish the Tánaiste well in the work he is doing.

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