Maureen O'Sullivan (Dublin Central, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I wish to make two points. EU military missions in African countries are in extremely fragile states such as Mali, Somalia and the Central African Republic. While those are not partner countries for Irish Aid, Irish Aid is involved. There could be a situation where an EU military mission goes into a fragile, vulnerable country that we are supporting in a humanitarian way. How can we reconcile the military operation with the humanitarian one?

The other point I wish to make relates to Libya. The Minister of State can correct me if I am wrong but there was no UN mandate for what happened in Libya, yet our Naval Service was taking part in this EU mission in Libya. There are contradictions and there is a potential contradiction into the future. It is not with these two particular pieces but in the future.