Duncan Smith (Dublin Fingal East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I am not confident; I am putting it forward as a discussion point. I am just saying, as a theory, that we can take part in regional missions that have the imprimatur of or that have at least have gone to the UN General Assembly and have been passed.

They may then be vetoed at the Security Council, but the Irish Government could say that it was taking part in a certain mission in a particular country and that the UN General Assembly had passed a resolution, and that is the third part of our triple lock. In theory, that could happen. It might be a bit convoluted.