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

-----their way into saying that is what I am about. The reason I recommended this format to the Government and to the Oireachtas is because, while Deputy Murphy has his views on neutrality and Irish foreign policy, I have views on Irish foreign policy, as does the party opposite and as do others. I believe this is a better forum because parties themselves might want to make submissions in line with their esprit de corpson foreign policy. It is a better format than a citizens' assembly for something so fundamental as that which defines the State on an international level. Politicians too and people who have divergent positions can make submissions. The problem with Deputy Murphy, through the Chair-----

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