Cathal Berry (Kildare South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Cruise missiles, ballistic missiles, attack drones – Iranian made – have never been alive so you cannot have a lethal effect on them. Surely providing radar and interceptors would fall into the category of non-lethal assistance in those circumstances. I would argue that not providing this would have a lethal affect. It is having a lethal affect on the civilians on the ground. It is something that is worth considering or to reflect on over the next while. I agree with the Chair that mine-clearing equipment should be regarded as non-lethal, which it is. It think that should also be true of air defence. You could put a caveat on any Irish support for air defence that it could only be deployed around the capital city, or whatever. It could save a lot of lives. I think it is worth exploring anyway. That is all I have.