Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The Tánaiste said in response to Deputy Clare Daly's question that there is no consensus in the EU regarding an arms embargo on the UAE.

Can he honestly stand over the European Union view that it is not necessary to consider imposing an arms embargo on countries such as the United Arab Emirates, UAE, and Saudi Arabia given what they are doing in Yemen? There may be two sides to the conflict in Yemen but I ask the Minister to pick a battle in our lifetime than was more unfair than the current war in Yemen. Can he justify the lack of appetite in the EU for the introduction of an arms embargo against the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia in light of the sanctions imposed on Russia as a result of the conflict in Ukraine?

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