Timmy Dooley (Fianna Fail)

I am proud to have been elected a member of the Seanad by the councillors throughout Ireland, especially in County Clare. I will continue to represent my own views, in consultation with their views, as long as I am here. I hope that is for some time to come.

There have been references to blood money. It is ironic to discuss it in that context when one considers that Germany was very opposed to the war in Iraq, yet it is now receiving more troops than any other country. In more recent times, troops going through Shannon Airport are part of the multinational force in Iraq that is there at the request of the Iraqi Government. They are backed by the UN Security Council Resolution 1637, which was passed on 8 November.