Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Deputies for raising the issues. First, there was a genuine need and concern that we would extend the time for the debate on the shocking crisis in the Ukraine and the shocking attack by Russia on the Ukrainian people. I was here last week and people were saying that NATO and the European countries were the warmongers, and the United States. They certainly were not, Deputy Boyd Barrett, and I think those who made those statements-----

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