David Norris (Independent)

We have heard a great deal of rubbish about neutrality. Fianna Fáil's neutrality was pragmatic, adopted by Mr. de Valera during the Second World War. There were no principles whatever behind it. Fine Gael does not have a neutrality policy; it is against it. Fine Gael would like to walk us into NATO at the first possible opportunity, but the people of Ireland will not have it. That is the problem for the political parties.