Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, RISE) | Oireachtas source

What is intolerant of democracy is for him to tear up his election promises because he thinks that now is the chance to get rid of our military neutrality.

The Tánaiste would lead people to believe that he has no intention of touching neutrality whatsoever, that the idea that he is interested in getting rid of neutrality is one of these big myths. Again, that is not true. He is not telling the truth to people. We can go back to the time when Putin's brutal invasion of Ukraine began. What was it that the Tánaiste said? He said then that neutrality is a policy issue that can change at any time. He also said that there needs to be reflection "on military non-alignment in Ireland and our military neutrality". There is not so much commitment to neutrality there, is there? He was not the only one. The Taoiseach at the time, Deputy Varadkar, said exactly the same thing. The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Coveney, said exactly the same thing.

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