Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 15 July 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions

Shannon Airport Landings: Discussion (Resumed)

4:15 pm

Dr. Karen Devine:

I think we would need to define what peace enforcement activities are. In Chad, the Irish troops were patrolling the areas around refugee camps to ensure that rebels did not try to attack the aid workers or the refugees. It was not necessarily the case that they were involved in what would be - there are degrees of military intensity, if I may put it that way. There is a low degree of military intensity and a high degree of military intensity. The high degree was not present in those missions and that is the distinction. It is definitely not academic. It is actually quite vital and central to understanding----

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