Clare Daly (Dublin North, Socialist Party)
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To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade noting on 10th Anniversary of the war and occupation of Iraq based on false claims that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction, that unsubstantiated claims are currently being made by US and Israel that Iran is developing nuclear weapons together with assassinations of Iranian nuclear scientists and threats by Israel/US to launch a military attack on Iranian nuclear facilities, if he will, in line with Ireland's commitment to the settlement of political disputes by peaceful means, make a public statement opposing the threats to bomb Iranian nuclear facilities. [15663/13]

Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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I have repeatedly stated in public, including in reply to Questions from the Deputy and others, that the issue of Iran’s nuclear programme and the serious concerns which surround it can only be resolved by diplomatic means. I have made clear my view that military action would be very destabilising and harmful to regional stability and should be avoided. The nature of Iran’s nuclear programme, as well as the secrecy attaching to it, have given rise to widespread international concerns about the aims of the programme. It is difficult to understand many aspects of the programme and of the Iranian authorities’ actions in relation to it other than as an effort to achieve a covert nuclear weapons capability. Concerns about Iran’s intentions have been voiced not only by the United States and Israel but by a very wide group of countries including the member States of the European Union, Russia, China, and Iran’s Arab neighbours.