Timmy Dooley (Fianna Fail)

I thank Senator Daly for sharing time with me, and I will be as brief as possible. It is with considerable regret that we are discussing this issue while a war is taking place. That is a reflection of a failure within the UN and considerable division in the European Community, about which we should all be disappointed.

It has been suggested by elements on the opposite side of the House and outside it that Members on this side are voting along party lines, and that they are voting fodder in terms of the Government's stance on this issue. With my colleagues, I have examined my conscience and I will support this motion because I believe in everything for which it stands. I will attempt to clarify my views in that regard.