Seanad debates
Wednesday, 25 June 2003
Military Neutrality: Motion.
I support the Government amendment to the motion. It clearly states the views of the 1937 Constitution, of recent referenda and of the recent EU treaties such as Maastrict, Amsterdam and Nice. It does not mean that I do not support a healthy and informed debate on neutrality. We must shake this monkey off our back. We must introduce a clear definition and perhaps we need an Irish interpretation of neutrality. However, we need something that we can put before the international community and say that we will play our part in international affairs.
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