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- Ceisteanna - Questions: Defence Forces (16 Nov 2022)
Micheál Martin: We are militarily neutral. We are not protagonists in this war. We have welcomed Ukrainian refugees into this country.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Defence Forces (16 Nov 2022)
Micheál Martin: We have allocated humanitarian aid to Ukraine. We have worked with our colleagues in the European Union. We are part of the European Union, a political bloc which values liberal democracies and has no truck with and does not believe----
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Defence Forces (16 Nov 2022)
Micheál Martin: Europe is the biggest donor to Palestine. That is the Deputy's classic line on this. That is why I doubt his commitment totally. It is all whataboutery with Deputy Boyd Barrett. Of course we condemn it, he says, and then he moves on. I always note his emphasis and where he focuses.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Defence Forces (16 Nov 2022)
Micheál Martin: It is always predominantly against Europe and the West, and less so, frankly, against Russia. He throws out the one line about Russia and moves quickly on.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Defence Forces (16 Nov 2022)
Micheál Martin: That has been the hallmark of all of his contributions in this crisis. I take issue with what he has said in respect of Putin's sanctioning of my good self as somehow confirmation that we are perceived no longer to be neutral. That is an outrageous assertion. We are militarily neutral. We are not members of any alliance.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Defence Forces (16 Nov 2022)
Micheál Martin: We are taking sides on behalf of a country that has been invaded on the basis of an imperialist 19th century view that Ukraine has no right to exist. The Deputy is saying we are taking sides. Absolutely, we are supporting Ukraine in its right to its territorial integrity and sovereignty and the rights of the Ukrainian people to a decent life, not to be bombed every single day by a despot.
- Post-European Council: Statements (16 Nov 2022)
Micheál Martin: I attended a meeting of the European Council on Thursday, 20 October and Friday, 21 October in Brussels. The agenda covered Ukraine, energy, economic issues and external relations. In his contribution this afternoon, the Minister of State, Deputy Thomas Byrne, will address a number of the external relations agenda items, including the forthcoming EU-Association of Southeast Asian Nations...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Sustainable Development Goals (16 Nov 2022)
Micheál Martin: I did not-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Sustainable Development Goals (16 Nov 2022)
Micheál Martin: They are now standard practice and the Deputy knows that.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Sustainable Development Goals (16 Nov 2022)
Micheál Martin: I am answering Deputy Boyd Barrett.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Sustainable Development Goals (16 Nov 2022)
Micheál Martin: It is not nonsense.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Sustainable Development Goals (16 Nov 2022)
Micheál Martin: I am sorry, Deputy; you have a view. You are anti-trade and anti-enterprise. That is your position. Deputy Boyd Barrett made his comments in terms of his preferred trade and trade that is of mutual interest. We never hear ringing declarations, however. Let us be honest. Deputy Paul Murphy should be honest. His political philosophy does not believe in a capitalist system.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Sustainable Development Goals (16 Nov 2022)
Micheál Martin: I believe in a social democratic system-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Sustainable Development Goals (16 Nov 2022)
Micheál Martin: -----which is what we have in this country. We have much State ownership in this country. We own the railways. We own the water supply, unlike our neighbours, and so on.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Sustainable Development Goals (16 Nov 2022)
Micheál Martin: You guys do not believe in any enterprise at all. You ideologically do not believe in it, which is your entitlement.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Sustainable Development Goals (16 Nov 2022)
Micheál Martin: That is why where you are coming from in respect of CETA and other trade agreements. You should be honest about it.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Sustainable Development Goals (16 Nov 2022)
Micheál Martin: That is where you are coming from.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Sustainable Development Goals (16 Nov 2022)
Micheál Martin: The point is that the Supreme Court clarified what can be done here. Given where this country is coming from and the need to continue to create employment, we must be open and proactive with regard to accessing fair and accessible markets in terms of growing jobs in this country. I do not believe that is Deputy Boyd Barrett's position. He has an ideological perspective, which is his...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Sustainable Development Goals (16 Nov 2022)
Micheál Martin: The Deputy should be honest about it and call it out. In the future, the Japanese and Singaporean agreements will have dispute resolution mechanisms. That will be a feature. There are protections we can build in. One of ours is that we have a written Constitution. We are also members of the European Union treaty. Europe is going Fit for 55. It is not entering into trade agreements to...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Sustainable Development Goals (16 Nov 2022)
Micheál Martin: -----which are very strict policies. Let us get a bit real about all of this too.