Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

In the context of troops going through Shannon Airport, the Tánaiste has never once inspected those troops. Repeatedly, he has got information about arms and soldiers carrying arms. Never once did he engage in an inspection. He reassured us. I am never reassured by institutions nor Governments. I like to see evidence.

There is no progress on the occupied territories Bill, which goes to the core of our credibility in relation to how we deal with different aggressors, be it Russia, the US or Israel. The Government is bowing to American interests. There are any number of examples, including the Lisbon treaty and the Nice treaty. We were forced to vote twice. We got reassurances and we got civil declarations and guarantees that we were not going in the direction of a military-industrial complex and a European army.

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