Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal North East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Our Defence Forces can gain the same expertise taking part in what they have done historically, namely, solely UN peacekeeping missions, without being aligned to NATO forces in these EU battle groups. I quoted from the report the hope and ambition of some people who oversee these matters at European level. This is part of what the Minister does. He accused Deputy Daly of supporting Osama bin Laden. I cannot even find a word to describe that type of assertion. In terms of Sinn Féin and the European Union, we are running four candidates in the four constituencies. I am hopeful we will elect all four, no doubt assisted by the Minister's performance in his ministerial portfolio.

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