Defence Forces Dail Éireann — 2024-05-16 ============================================================ Micheál Martin (FF), Cork South-Central Would you listen for a second? The triple lock does not apply here. The politics of the Security Council is the point I am trying to enlighten Members on. The politics wanted to close it down. The permanent members wanted to close it down. This can happen at any time. My point is the Security Council, in my view, is dysfunctional in terms of these issues. There is no point in waiting until something terrible happens. Ireland incurred the wrath----- --- Source: Houses of the Oireachtas. Licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The Official Report is revised after first publication; the fetch timestamp below identifies the version quoted. Record URI: https://data.oireachtas.ie/akn/ie/debateRecord/dail/2024-05-16/debate/main Retrieved: 2026-08-14T04:52:57+00:00 Sitting date: 2024-05-16