Bríd Smith (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

What the Tánaiste has said to Deputy Gannon is contradictory. He did not answer the question.

I will return to the issue of the triple lock. I listened with interest to the debates on Leaders' Questions. Although the Tánaiste says we need to do this in order to stop Russia and others having a veto on Security Council resolutions, he has never mentioned, nor does he seem to have a problem with, the fact that the US has vetoed 34 resolutions against the conduct of Israel in Palestine. As recently as 18 October, the US vetoed a UN resolution in support of a humanitarian pause in Gaza. Will the Tánaiste comment on that? It seems to me that the Government has double standards. The removal of the triple lock is all about removing any obstacle to Ireland becoming much more cosy with the European Union, the US bloc and the geopolitical shapes that are being thrown in the world at the moment.

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