Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It is probably up to the Minister, Deputy Coveney, to give an address to the committee on Brexit. That is up to the Chairman and the members of the committee.

On Ireland and the role of the peacekeepers, I have addressed this in replying to the other contributors who asked questions on the same issue. As a former Minister, Deputy Barrett was honoured and privileged to see our peacekeeping efforts at first hand. I will be inviting all Ministers who have served, from all party backgrounds, to an occasion to mark the 60th and 40th anniversaries of UN and UNIFIL peacekeeping. That is very important because some of these former Ministers made decisions on us participating in these peacekeeping missions. I am adamant about marking that.

I outlined Operation Sophia to Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan a few evenings ago. As I said to Deputy Ó Snodaigh earlier, I hope to have an opportunity to visit the headquarters of Operation Sophia next June. We have personnel in those headquarters and I wish to get a full update. This is a new mission for us since the autumn of 2017. We have been participating in it for the last couple of weeks. The ship left last Sunday week so it would be mission ready this week. I will get a full brief on the exact position and what is happening. I will also raise the concerns and questions the Deputy has asked.