Seán Fleming subsequently withdrew remark in case anyone ‘felt the comments were directed at them’
The Dáil was suspended after a heated row on neutrality and the triple lock when Minister of State Sean Fleming apparently accused People Before Profit TDs of being “puppets of Putin”.
When he made reference to “puppets of Putin”, People Before Profit TD Paul Murphy intervened and demanded that he withdraw the comment.TikTok video revealing access to medical records spurs inquiry into HSE data breachesMr Fleming insisted when he was asked by acting chair Michael Ring if he would withdraw the remark that he was “referring to no Deputy” and “I didn’t mention any names”. But Mr Murphy and party colleague Bríd Smith insisted he had and demanded he withdraw the remark.
Earlier, opening the debate Ms Smith said Tánaiste Micheál Martin insists on inserting the word “military” before the word “neutrality” because “you want to ignore how the Irish people think of neutrality and to gut the word of its real meaning”. Ms Smith said “the plain reality is that you want to remove the triple lock because you want us to move from a sideline substitute in US imperialism to a full player. That is what you want. You want to send Irish troops abroad to fight wars on behalf of the US and the European Union.”
Ireland is not neutral when it comes to an aggressive country “killing innocent people who are powerless to defend themselves. Similarly Irish people are not one bit neutral it comes to Russia and Ukraine and what Putin has done in Ukraine.”
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