Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It is right as a sovereign nation that we allow debate within the country, that we have fora such as this, particularly when we look at how things have changed on our own Continent with the largest outbreak of war on the European Continent since the Second World War. Should we just sit there silently and not even discuss what the potential issues would be and how we can strengthen our own security as a sovereign proud state within the European Union?

It is also the European Union acting together in solidarity with our friends in Ukraine, and a European Union that neither the Deputy nor the Deputy's party support.

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