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- Neutrality and the Triple Lock: Motion [Private Members] (29 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: It is a deliberately dishonest distortion, which Deputy Murphy is very good at.
- Neutrality and the Triple Lock: Motion [Private Members] (29 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: I apologise.
- Neutrality and the Triple Lock: Motion [Private Members] (29 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: I appreciate that. I apologise.
- Neutrality and the Triple Lock: Motion [Private Members] (29 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: Yes.
- Neutrality and the Triple Lock: Motion [Private Members] (29 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: The UN Security Council.
- Neutrality and the Triple Lock: Motion [Private Members] (29 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: Not true.
- Neutrality and the Triple Lock: Motion [Private Members] (29 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: Again, the Deputy is talking without having seen our legislation. Our legislation can be placed within the UN framework but the Deputy has jumped to conclusions again.
- Neutrality and the Triple Lock: Motion [Private Members] (29 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: There has not been a peacekeeping mission since 2014.
- Neutrality and the Triple Lock: Motion [Private Members] (29 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: Yes.
- Neutrality and the Triple Lock: Motion [Private Members] (29 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: That is what we are proposing-----
- Neutrality and the Triple Lock: Motion [Private Members] (29 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: No, it is not.
- Neutrality and the Triple Lock: Motion [Private Members] (29 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: It did not cover it in-----
- Neutrality and the Triple Lock: Motion [Private Members] (29 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: It is absolutely dishonest to suggest that.
- Neutrality and the Triple Lock: Motion [Private Members] (29 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: I did not interrupt anyone. A little courtesy and parliamentary decorum is called for from Deputy Murphy from time to time.
- Neutrality and the Triple Lock: Motion [Private Members] (29 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: The Deputy hates when the truth is told. In reality, the Government's proposed modification of the triple lock does not impact in any way on our policy of military neutrality. In fact, the proposed changes will serve to reinforce Ireland’s ability to pursue an independent foreign policy, by removing the power of UN Security Council permanent members to veto our national sovereign...
- Neutrality and the Triple Lock: Motion [Private Members] (29 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: They will identify the United States all of the time. That is fine. I do not believe US foreign policy is correct in all areas, but I recognise the huge Irish-American diaspora. I do not believe in boycotting Hewlett-Packard or Intel. The Deputies opposite would cause the loss of thousands of jobs in this country, if their reckless policies were pursued. I do not believe in doing that....
- Neutrality and the Triple Lock: Motion [Private Members] (29 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: -----or definition of neutrality-----
- Neutrality and the Triple Lock: Motion [Private Members] (29 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: I am talking about a general debate. We know what happens-----
- Neutrality and the Triple Lock: Motion [Private Members] (29 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: -----in referendums and so on. Third, in the view of the Government, the motion fails to adequately reflect the reality of the situation in terms of the use of Shannon Airport. I know this is a hardy perennial for the Deputies opposite, but as the Government has repeatedly set out, all foreign military aircraft wishing to overfly, or land in, the State require diplomatic clearance. This...
- Neutrality and the Triple Lock: Motion [Private Members] (29 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: Let me reiterate once again that there are no transports of weaponry via Shannon or any other Irish airport to Israel, nor are the US troops transiting Shannon going to Israel or any other active conflict. In short, from a Government perspective, the motion as presented is ill-conceived, partisan and inherently problematic. It fails to demonstrate an understanding of what the policy of...