Mervyn Taylor
Ceist:22 Mr. Taylor asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he raised all or any of the following matters with the delegation of the Arab League which he met in Luxembourg on 2 April 1990 (1) the sending and supply into Ireland of shiploads of arms and explosives by one or other of the member states; (2) the developments by one of their member states, namely Iraq, of binary chemical weapons and the fact that Iraq used such chemical weapons against Iran and against the Kurdish population in Iraq and (3) the threat by one of their member states, namely Iraq, to consume half of the State of Israel by fire with chemical weapons; if he will indicate the reply on any of these issues which was given by the Arab League Delegation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.