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

It has been nearly two weeks since the Tánaiste was given the go-ahead to bring legislation before the Dáil to get rid of the triple lock in the context of our neutrality, and we have not seen that legislation. He will not answer questions directly on it. I have done my best to extract from him very important information for the Irish public as to why he is proposing it and where he intends troops should go if he removes the triple lock that maintains our neutrality. We need to discuss it. We cannot be left in a position where we sit here and a Bill comes before us, probably without debate, when we do not have a preparatory, long discussion in the House that is elected to represent the country on something that is fundamental to our constitutional position, our history and our rights. Very important, in the current state the world is in and the possibility of war breaking out, where does it leave us? We need that discussion on the triple lock and we need answers from the Tánaiste.

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