Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South-Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

We will have the legislation. The Tánaiste is talking about teasing through it. Of course we will. We will have our engagement, and I hope that there will be enough time for it. However, as far as we are concerned, the triple lock is something that Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil for a long time put a lot of store by and pointed to it as evidence that there was no question regarding Irish neutrality, as Deputy Connolly outlined.

In the context of the Lisbon treaty, which was a very flawed document that contained flawed proposals, one of the fundamental arguments in favour of that and one of the reasons used to sell it to the Irish people was that this would strengthen both our position and international respect for the triple lock. We can have numerous debates about all the failings of the UN. Ireland must use its voice. However, there are many countries across the world that are led by people who we would not have any time for but that are part of the UN. It is the multilateral organisation that makes decisions in respect of peacekeeping missions. We need to be part of UN missions.

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