Foreign Policy
Dail Éireann — 2023-06-15
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Paul Murphy (PBP), Dublin South-West

I thank Deputy Carthy. I wish to ask the Tánaiste about the consultative forum regarding neutrality. I watched the engagement with Deputy Barry earlier, where the Tánaiste was very worked up, I would say, at the Deputy pointing out the reality that the list of invited speakers gives the game away to an extreme degree. There is one anti-war speaker in the form of Roger Cole and multiple people who are on the record as being in favour of joining NATO, having links themselves to NATO, etc. Does this not just give the entire game away?

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Sitting date: 2023-06-15