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

I appreciate the Ceann Comhairle's intervention and the Deputy's query. Regarding the Deputy's reference to the then Minister, Deputy Coveney's statement, I do not see anything in it that requires a correction of the Dáil record.

The two important points we have consistently made in terms of national security is that everything we do as a country is in line with our military neutrality and Irish sovereign decision-making. There is a challenge in going further than that in protecting our national security and the security of others. I am giving this matter ongoing reflection, but we should not take too lightly the issues around national security more generally. I would be somewhat cautious of overinterpreting various reports that have been published recently about overflights and so on.

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