Seanad debates
Tuesday, 4 November 2003
Humanitarian Issues in Post-War Iraq: Statements.
One of the issues to which Mr. Horgan referred was the question of criminality. That is important, given the fact that we are now talking about the hiring of police and the establishment of an Iraqi army. As a person involved in the oil business, Mr. Horgan has his own reasons for advocating extra oil production. The current production figure is 1.7 million barrels daily on average, less than half the pre-war level. At that time we used to talk about sanctions and I have spoken in the House on many occasions on the depression caused by sanctions. Now that sanctions have been removed, hopefully the bottlenecks that arise within the oil industry should be relieved. The natural resources of this very wealthy country should be used for the benefit of the Iraqi people. That is important.
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