Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

One must have confidence but I take the Deputy's point. It is the will of the people.

I fully agree with the Deputy's point that there should be no equivocation with this kind of activity by these terrorist groups, which is utterly appalling. The Deputy made the point about the West being denigrated and run down and I share his view. When things get out of hand, people look to the West to be a saviour but there was a very difficult proposition in Iraq over many years and Afghanistan before that. I am glad that in respect of the discussions that took place with Iran, for example, on its acquiring nuclear capacity, sanctions have now been lifted. The Ceann Comhairle is in the Chair and he visited the Iranian people and their parliament. He brought over the speaker. One can see the consequences of sanctions being lifted in the airline business, for example, and so many others are now moving in-----

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