Children die in their tens of thousands because the main countries in the United Nations have put sanctions in place against the provision of medicines and technology needed for a civilised life. That is why children die. Does the Taoiseach know how outraged the taxpayers of this country must have been today when they learned that the Government is subsidising US military aeroplanes over-flying this country, that while we marched on Saturday about 19 military aeroplanes carrying weapons of mass destruction to attack Iraq flew over our airspace and that the Government subsidised them by paying the cost of air traffic control and so forth? Does he consider that is an outrage and will he withdraw that facility immediately, as Austria has done?

Does the Taoiseach know that, according to the most recent opinion poll, voters in every age category, social group and region oppose his policy of continuing to afford Shannon as a facility? Does he agree that workers in Shannon would be perfectly justified in carrying out the mandate of the people by blocking the war machine-—

I ask the Deputy to allow the Taoiseach to answer his question.

I will continue to support the Security Council. I will continue to support the efforts of Kofi Annan. I will continue to support the decision of the European Union to try to get a peaceful resolution of this issue, to avoid war by maximising pressure and, as Chancellor Schüssel said last night, to force the Iraqi regime to once and for all listen so that everybody can get on with peaceful co-existence – the only person who is not listening and who is refusing to make progress is Saddam Hussein – and the effort hopefully will continue to do that. In the meantime, this country, as we did yesterday, will continue to play a constructive and consistent part – people can criticise it as much as they like – in helping and pressing ahead to try to find a peaceful resolution to this in the only way that we can, which is compliance with Resolution 1441 or any further resolution.