Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 12 June 2025

Committee on Defence and National Security

General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed)

2:00 am

Professor Ray Murphy:

There are some but it would require amendments that would restrict the roles the Defence Forces would play if that provision was invoked. If the Government decided to send 50 personnel, the legislation needs to restrict the circumstances in which it can send those personnel. As I read it now, the Government can send 50 personnel but it does not say for what particular purpose. That is not clear enough.

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