Maurice Cummins (Fine Gael)

I thank the Minister for his explanation. It is obvious the definition came about as a result of painstaking negotiations. Fine Gael would prefer a ban on all cluster munitions. However, to seek to change matters at this stage would result in our applying different standards to other countries thus delaying ratification of the convention. For these reasons, we will go along with the Minister's explanation. I am not entirely happy to do so but, given that it has taken a long time to come up with this definition, I reluctantly agree to it.