Ray Burke
Question:92 Mr. R. Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the Government's response to statements made by the French Foreign Minister. Herve de Charette, and Defence Minister Million which claimed that France is determined that the Western European Union will develop its role in 1997 to become the military instrument vital for the credibility of the European security and defence identity and to become the expression of European identity within NATO; and the implications, if any, of such aspirations for contined Irish Military neutrality within the EU. [4420/97]