Mattie McGrath warns on neutrality, farmers and EU leadership

I too am glad to be here to speak to this, and it's important obviously Teachta told us in his speech that he had met the new Prime Minister in England, it's very important to build up relations there, but I face concerns too about our neutrality, and Tanaiste is constant meddling with the triple lock, and constant saying that our neutrality is an outdated position. I'm also worried about the food production, and us seen as green, clean, and good, safe food. The attack on the farmers here, and we're not standing up for our farmers, or for our people, for our farmers, for that matter, in the EU. We're all, I see, the summit today in America, NATO, and of course the British Prime Minister's gone, and we're tagged along then, as being part of that as well. We're a neutral country, and there's only in it that we're having someone over that summit. The teacher was asked that question earlier, but he said, as far as he could, it was almost certain there wasn't, and probably he was different if there wasn't. But we have to represent the people of Ireland that we're elected to represent, and governments are solemnly charged under the Constitution. to represent our people, and stand up for them. And the amount of black adding that has gone on, you know, with the climate change, and with the whole demonising of agriculture, demonising of our way of life, and the attack on our, literally, on our complete Irish culture and heritage and traditions. And, of course, the migration, the inward migration, continuing at pace, and with absolutely no consultation here at home. So, I've asked this question many times. Do we want to go to the representative people of Ireland? Are we just, yes sir, yes sir, right sir, three bags, full sir? Are we nodding junkies all the time, and taking everything that we're told, diktats, from Europe? We saw in France where a kickback was there, and we didn't have the same kickback here in Ireland, I'm surprised we didn't. But, nonetheless, people are growing anxious and annoyed that the European situation isn't looking after us. And, of course, the situation with President von der Leyen and supporting her, again, for her next term, people are aghast at that. People are aghast at that, and hundreds of them have contacted us, as I said, I've lobbied the MEPs that I know, but look, they're trying to go ahead now, they're saying that some of them are voting for her, and some aren't, and they're trying to be with her, and again, or at the same time. But, that kind of shenanism and unclear signals is not fair or respectful to the Irish electorate. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much.