Post-European Council: Statements Dail Éireann — 2025-07-09 ============================================================ Mary Lou McDonald (SF), Dublin Central The ordinary people of Ireland will not surrender our neutrality just so Micheál Martin or Simon Harris can get a pat on the head from the high and mighty at the European Commission. The mothers and fathers of Ireland did not raise their sons and daughters to be sent off and die----- --- 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/2025-07-09/debate/main Retrieved: 2026-08-27T06:54:47+00:00 Sitting date: 2025-07-09