Departmental Offices
Dail Éireann — 2022-10-25
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Micheál Martin (FF), Cork South-Central

The point is the Deputy spent the past three or four minutes saying the Government is trying to breach neutrality. That was of more concern to him than the fact Iranian drones are raining down on Ukrainian civilians. Why did the Ukrainian Government ask us for help in regard to training? I met the Prime Minister the week before last at a meeting of the European Political Community. What did he ask me? He asked for help with demining. Why did he ask for help with demining? He did so because there are mines all over Ukraine.
The Deputy has turned that into an attack on neutrality. It makes my blood boil. He only sees evil everywhere. He sees wrong everywhere. He sees wrong motivation. I have made it clear we are not joining NATO and no Government decision has been taken. By the way, people can have different perspectives on that.

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Sitting date: 2022-10-25