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- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 Apr 2024)
Ivana Bacik: It sounds like conversations on promised legislation rather than questions.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 Apr 2024)
Matt Carthy: Definitely not answers.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 Apr 2024)
Ivana Bacik: Tragically, we have seen more than 60 deaths on our roads so far this year, each one a human tragedy for those involved. Those figures exclude those injured or maimed in accidents. Clearly, we need to see more action on this. More gardaí and policing are crucial, as are more evidence-based policies and planning to improve road safety. I wish to raise a specific concern I have....
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Apr 2024)
Bríd Smith: On the last point, Shannonwatch has reported a huge increase since October in the number of US military flights stopping over in Shannon. That means something. I do not know where the Tánaiste gets that level of confidence that there is no military use of the aircraft that are stopping in Shannon because we do not inspect them. We do not get on board and inspect the cargo, see who the...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Apr 2024)
Micheál Martin: I will deal with the triple lock. First, in 2023 and 2024 to date, no applications have been received or exemptions granted to permit the carriage of munitions of war on civil aircraft flying to a point in Israel. Second, no airport in Ireland or Irish sovereign airspace is being used to transport weapons to the conflict in the Middle East or any other war. People should stop trying to...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Apr 2024)
Bríd Smith: It would be grand if the planes were inspected. We might believe the Tánaiste.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Apr 2024)
Micheál Martin: It is an absurdity for the Deputy to suggest that any amendment to the triple lock is about ditching neutrality or aligning with any other member state. It is not.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Apr 2024)
Bríd Smith: That is what everyone is saying except the Tánaiste.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Apr 2024)
Micheál Martin: The Deputy rarely condemns Russia or Iran in here.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Apr 2024)
Bríd Smith: This is ridiculous; we are talking about a genocide happening in Gaza.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Apr 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Deputy Smith-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Apr 2024)
Micheál Martin: I try to be balanced and look at things in a balanced way. It is extraordinary and interesting that the malign influence of Iran in the Middle East barely gets referenced in this House. Iran has meddled, has manipulated and has been a huge issue in respect of the escalation of violence in that environment.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Apr 2024)
Bríd Smith: And the Tánaiste keeps slipping away from the crucial question I am asking him.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Apr 2024)
Micheál Martin: I am answering the Deputy's question. I do not believe Russia should have a veto on whether Irish Defence Forces become engaged in international peacekeeping anymore. That is the bottom line as far as I am concerned. We are depending on a rogue state on the Security Council that can veto any peacekeeping proposal from the United Nations. I am unequivocal about it. It is not about...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Apr 2024)
Bríd Smith: What about the behaviour of the US as a state? What about the ironclad guarantee to Israel? Is that okay?
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Apr 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Deputy Smith-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Apr 2024)
Micheál Martin: I respectfully say to the Deputy that we should be able to debate these things without making assertions about what we are doing.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Apr 2024)
Bríd Smith: An ironclad guarantee is not an assertion.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Apr 2024)
Micheál Martin: We are not ditching military neutrality. We support military neutrality in Ireland and we are not going to change it in any shape or form. We have said that consistently and that remains the position. Amending the triple lock does not amount in any shape or form to undermining our policy on military neutrality.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Apr 2024)
Bríd Smith: In many shapes and forms it undermines our policy. Let us be honest about it.