This is an appropriate time for a debate on neutrality. There is confusion on the issue and neutrality can now mean anything and everything to anybody who wants to speak about it. No one distinguishes between the various forms – military, moral, political or otherwise – of neutrality. The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Cowen, the former Minister, Mr. Dick Spring, and the former Taoiseach, Deputy John Bruton, have articulated clear views on these issues in the past ten years.