Pa Daly (Kerry, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for the reply and I am somewhat reassured by the answer, but there is a lot of fear out there at the moment. Some of it comes from the geopolitical situation but some of it has not been helped by a heightening of fear within the Government. With wars, tariffs and the slide into right-wing extremism that is going on, people are apprehensive. The President of the United States, it seems, in the past few days has not had a clue what he is doing. People need reassurance that the Government will protect them and not scare them. It must have the interests of the Irish people at heart. More and more, the Trump Administration has been pushing its chlorinated chicken and hormone-reared beef. There are the digital safety laws, and LNG is clearly part of its strategy as well. I ask for reassurance that we will not open up this facility to any gas which is sold by friends of President Trump to have a commercial entity there. It seems, if you were cynical, that the Government announced this State-backed facility shortly before the trip to the United States. People were maybe putting two and two together and getting five. I am somewhat reassured by the answer the Minister has given to the first question. When exactly will he publish the two reports he mentioned in the previous reply?

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