Seán Ó Fearghaíl (Kildare South, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Obviously, the Minister's reply is comprehensive. Indeed, he made a number of interesting speeches in the course of the past six months which we all would do well to study in detail.

I have two issues. The Minister made major mention of the importance of improving EU-UN relations. How would he indicate the progress he has achieved in that area? In the area of common security and defence policy and the agenda in that regard, what are the specifics the Minister would claim to have put on the agenda in the course of the past six months and how have those specifics been advanced?

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