Clare Daly (Dublin North, United Left) | Oireachtas source

-----which is what the Greeks did for us previously? Why do we not stand by them and help them instead of piggy-backing on anything they might get?

The Minister of State will be aware that, next week, the eighth round of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, TTIP, negotiations between the EU and the US will take place in Brussels.

It is an important agreement that could see this country being tied up and our democratic rights undermined by matters such as investor dispute settlements. However, not a single discussion has been tabled by the Government on this matter. When will we see a discussion on that?

My final question concerns Ukraine and what Deputy Martin tamely calls "messing in the Baltics". There certainly is messing in the Baltics and it is most definitely going on on two sides, not one side. The point that has been raised is that we have shacked up with one of the sides perpetrating that proxy war. The victims of it are the people of Ukraine. An expansionist and interventionist approach is being nurtured to suit Western agendas, as of course there is with Russia's agenda also. As a neutral country, however, we should not be taking one side over the other.

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