Alice-Mary Higgins (Independent) | Oireachtas source

We have read part of Article 42.2 but we have not read the full piece and I think it is important here. It is very clear that there should be no expenditure arising from operations having military or defence implications expect in cases where the Council acting unanimously decides otherwise.

For a decision that had military or defence implications, which clearly the manufacture of weaponry has, particularly the manufacture of weaponry where the logic used is in relation to a named conflict, why was a unanimous decision-making process not used, as was the case in other instances? Why was qualified majority voting, QMV, used in that situation?