Martin Mansergh (Fianna Fail)

I support Senator Ó Murchú's call for a review of the new guidelines for the Revenue Commissioners and their implications for the bean an tí. As a former member of the tax strategy group, I am surprised at the move.

I also support the calls from the other side of the House for clarification on the issue of neutrality. There is nothing incompatible between neutrality and support for collective security under the United Nations, a point on which there is much confusion. The founder of the Constitution, Eamon de Valera, a great international statesman, was strongly of the view that the Executive should not be tied down on matters of foreign policy and fine judgment.