Rónán Mullen (Independent)

Yes. None of us who supports the traditional family will deny that, tragically and outrageously, there have been occasions when the traditional family has let people down. However, what we want to do is to promote what works best most of the time for the sake of the most vulnerable people in our society. We must not be afraid to depart from political correctness and fear of media or of other forces in vindicating that.

The reason I raise this issue is that our overseas aid budget which has been slashed so dramatically and so unacceptably none the less envisages large sums of money going to that very same organisation, the United Nations Fund for Population Activities.