Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the opportunity to take part in this debate. I am looking at the conclusions of the European Council meeting and there are eight pages, six titles and 29 paragraphs. They are just the conclusions so forgive me if I just focus on one or two of them in my five minutes.

The titles include Covid-19, digital, energy prices, migration, trade and external relations, and that final one will be interesting when I refer to Israel later. The first title is Covid-19. When we talk about uniting to tackle disinformation on vaccines and vaccine hesitancy, the best way to do it is without spin and by treating citizens and residents as equals in the fight against the pandemic. That has not happened in this Chamber.

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