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
Alice-Mary Higgins (Independent)
This might be answered in writing afterwards but, on Senator Kyne's other point regarding the UN General Assembly, the 2006 Act is quite widely worded in how it allows Ireland to act in response to a UN General Assembly resolution. It uses about seven adjectives. It mentions forces supported or encouraged by the assembly. We are out of time but I would be interested in a response in writing on the 2006 Act and what it allows Ireland to do because we keep getting told that the General Assembly cannot compel action but, under our 2006 legislation, it would seem we are allowed to act on General Assembly resolutions. It is almost that the problem has already been solved to a degree.
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