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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Policy (21 May 2024)

Colm Brophy: 190. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the role of the Irish Aviation Authority in supporting people with disabilities and people with reduced mobility travelling through Irish airports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22590/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Policy (21 May 2024)

Colm Brophy: 191. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a breakdown, by year and by Irish airport, for the past five years, of the total number of people with disabilities or reduced mobility travelling through Irish airports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22591/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Policy (21 May 2024)

Colm Brophy: 192. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a breakdown of the total number of complaints and the nature of those complaints received by Irish airports over the past five years from people with disabilities and reduced mobility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22592/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Policy (21 May 2024)

Colm Brophy: 193. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport who funds and has oversight for the One Complete Solution service which provides passenger assistance to people with disabilities and reduced mobility at Irish airports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22593/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Recent Developments in the EU on Security and Defence: Discussion (15 May 2024)

Colm Brophy: On behalf of the committee, I start this morning by welcoming Dr. Kenneth McDonagh, who is the head of the school of law and government at Dublin City University, DCU, and Professor Ben Tonra, from the school of politics and international relations at University College Dublin, UCD, to discuss the recent developments in the EU on security and defence. They are both very welcome. I thank...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Recent Developments in the EU on Security and Defence: Discussion (15 May 2024)

Colm Brophy: I thank Dr. McDonagh. I now invite Professor Tonra to make his opening statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Recent Developments in the EU on Security and Defence: Discussion (15 May 2024)

Colm Brophy: I thank our guests for their opening statements. The first member to indicate was Deputy Ó Murchú.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Recent Developments in the EU on Security and Defence: Discussion (15 May 2024)

Colm Brophy: Will the Deputy have to leave shortly?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Recent Developments in the EU on Security and Defence: Discussion (15 May 2024)

Colm Brophy: Perhaps Deputy Ó Murchú will-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Recent Developments in the EU on Security and Defence: Discussion (15 May 2024)

Colm Brophy: Perhaps we will have two short contributions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Recent Developments in the EU on Security and Defence: Discussion (15 May 2024)

Colm Brophy: I thank the Deputy. I do not know who wants to kick off first. Let us start with Professor Tonra.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Recent Developments in the EU on Security and Defence: Discussion (15 May 2024)

Colm Brophy: Okay. I will go to Deputy Howlin.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Recent Developments in the EU on Security and Defence: Discussion (15 May 2024)

Colm Brophy: We will start in the opposite order, so we will kick off with Dr. McDonagh and then transfer over whenever he is ready.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Recent Developments in the EU on Security and Defence: Discussion (15 May 2024)

Colm Brophy: I thank the witness.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Recent Developments in the EU on Security and Defence: Discussion (15 May 2024)

Colm Brophy: We ask everybody this question so do not feel picked on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Recent Developments in the EU on Security and Defence: Discussion (15 May 2024)

Colm Brophy: Yes. Dr. McDonagh, is there an opinion on anything additional?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Recent Developments in the EU on Security and Defence: Discussion (15 May 2024)

Colm Brophy: As my favourite expression goes, you always seek opinion which is just about plus or minus 5% of your own opinion. Then you define that opinion as being balanced and fair. We are all guilty of that. I am conscious Dr. McDonagh may want to come in on the supplementary questions he was asked.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Recent Developments in the EU on Security and Defence: Discussion (15 May 2024)

Colm Brophy: I thank Dr. McDonagh. From my own perspective, so many areas have been covered. I have a few thoughts. To start where Dr. McDonagh finished, one of the key things about neutrality is that in every country in the world there are little button issues that that country deals with in a unique way. They come out of its history, its politics and its society. In the United States, you cannot...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Recent Developments in the EU on Security and Defence: Discussion (15 May 2024)

Colm Brophy: There are a couple of things. First of all, let me be absolutely clear that the overall view on neutrality, which I quite support, is that it is something to which people have a genuine emotional attachment. I just said there is an element there, to be clear. The reality of development aid, which I was involved in for two and a half years, is if we put 100% of the Irish budget into it,...