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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (29 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: We had a debate this morning on our motion to defend the triple lock and will have a vote this evening. Is the Taoiseach still committed to scrapping, ending, modifying, getting rid of - whatever you want to call it - the current triple lock in the term of this Government, without a new democratic mandate and without going to the people to allow them to decide through an election or...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Urban Development (29 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: Last week, during this session, I raised with the Taoiseach the arson attack on St. John's House, which was due to house families who are seeking international protection here, and the Taoiseach correctly condemned that. Unfortunately, there was another arson attack on the same building this morning, which is two arson attacks in a week. Last week, I raised with the Taoiseach the need for...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (29 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: ...area, after which there were increased incidences of serious human health problems, including increased rates of fatal foetal abnormalities, cancer, upper respiratory tract issues, eye inflammation and so on. Later, there was an investigation into this involving the Environmental Protection Agency, Teagasc, the Department of agriculture and others. Later on, there was an investigation...

Neutrality and the Triple Lock: Motion [Private Members] (29 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: Chair, I am complaining right now. The last time I complained about that I was told that I had not complained immediately. I am asking that that statement be withdrawn. It is out of order and against Standing Orders.

Neutrality and the Triple Lock: Motion [Private Members] (29 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: Can I get a response? The remark is against Standing Orders and I want it withdrawn.

Neutrality and the Triple Lock: Motion [Private Members] (29 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: Please adjourn the debate and check the rules. Salient ruling of the Chair 1417 states that Members may not say that another Member is taking orders or instructions from outside interests or its representatives, or speaking for such interests. That is what "Putin's puppets" means. It is very clear.

Neutrality and the Triple Lock: Motion [Private Members] (29 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: -----and the Government did not inspect it-----

Neutrality and the Triple Lock: Motion [Private Members] (29 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: .... Instead, we had a very dishonest presentation of what he is trying to do. We have had a dishonest presentation for the last two years. People out there, anyone who is watching this debate and who listened to that speech, would have the impression that the Government is committed to defending neutrality. The Tánaiste said that "modification of the triple lock does not impact in...

Neutrality and the Triple Lock: Motion [Private Members] (29 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: No, it is not true and I will tell him why it is not. Who is intolerant of democracy?

Neutrality and the Triple Lock: Motion [Private Members] (29 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: ...forum? The consultative forum was not a democratic institution. The Tánaiste proposed a democratic institution. He proposed a citizens' assembly so that citizens could come together, discuss it and come up with an outcome but then he ditched-----

Neutrality and the Triple Lock: Motion [Private Members] (29 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: -----that democratic proposal and replaced it with a hand-picked group of people, with a predetermined outcome that I predicted in advance, to recommend getting rid of the triple lock. That is not democracy. I will tell the Tánaiste what democracy is. It is people standing for election on the basis of a certain platform, winning votes on that basis and then proceeding to implement it....

Neutrality and the Triple Lock: Motion [Private Members] (29 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: .... What was it that the Tánaiste said? He said then that neutrality is a policy issue that can change at any time. He also said that there needs to be reflection "on military non-alignment in Ireland and our military neutrality". There is not so much commitment to neutrality there, is there? He was not the only one. The Taoiseach at the time, Deputy Varadkar, said exactly the...

Neutrality and the Triple Lock: Motion [Private Members] (29 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: The Government decided that this was its moment to try to get rid of military neutrality. What happened then, and the reason the Government ditched the proposal for a citizens' assembly, was that it ran into the roadblock of public opinion. Public opinion, despite all of the attempts to massage it and to say that we need to have a mature debate and so on, remained steadfastly in favour of...

Neutrality and the Triple Lock: Motion [Private Members] (29 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: -----could have been sent - and perhaps would have been sent, were it not for the triple lock - to participate in the US invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan.

Neutrality and the Triple Lock: Motion [Private Members] (29 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: ...in NATO, the Tánaiste is saying that is still military neutrality. He is redefining neutrality in order to say that as long as we are not formally in NATO, we can join in all the missions and send our troops abroad, which is what getting rid of the triple lock is actually about. That is his actual agenda-----

Neutrality and the Triple Lock: Motion [Private Members] (29 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: .... It is the case that in 2013 he said that the triple lock is "at the core" of our neutrality, not something peripheral or separate, but at the core of our neutrality. He said that in the Dáil and he was absolutely correct when he said it. Why is it at the core of our neutrality? It is because without it - and this gets to the heart of the matter and is the Government's actual...

Neutrality and the Triple Lock: Motion [Private Members] (29 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: That is a very dishonest presentation because people would be left with the impression that if Ireland wants to send troops abroad somewhere, we have to go to the UN Security Council and seek a vote of the council to authorise that but that is not what happens. What the triple lock is about is saying that we can send troops on peacekeeping missions where they are authorised by the Dáil,...

Neutrality and the Triple Lock: Motion [Private Members] (29 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: ...dishonest debate because he is not referring to the Defence (Amendment) Act 2006 which changed that. This is not about the UN Security Council. The notion of any country having a veto is a complete and utter red herring. The 2006 Act, which is explicitly about dealing with this issue, changed it. That legislation says "UN approval", which is explicitly not UN Security Council...

Neutrality and the Triple Lock: Motion [Private Members] (29 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: It is in black and white in the law. Black and white. It is not just the UN Security Council but the UN General Assembly. What is this actually about? If there was a regional peacekeeping mission, it could be endorsed by the UN General Assembly by a majority vote and Irish troops could then participate in it. Does the Tánaiste accept that?