Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 29 May 2025
Committee on Defence and National Security
General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion
2:00 am
Ms Bernie Maguire:
Yes, it is the EU. As I said earlier, we are in a NATO-led force now in Kosovo. I am not sure if there are going to be any more NATO-led forces but the fact is that we are in a NATO mission as well as EU. Going back to the commentary regarding a decision being made by a Government with a majority in the Dáil, under Article 28 of the Constitution the Dáil has the power to declare war on another state. That decision can be made with the support of 51% of the Dáil. That power of the Dáil is already there. We are asking for a lesser threshold for deploying to a peacekeeping or peace enforcement measure.
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