Gerard Craughwell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

Mr. Noonan adverted to the constitutional position with respect to Ireland declaring war. I am quite agnostic on the triple lock because we do not have enough troops to send anywhere so, to my mind, it is a red herring. However, if we wanted to re-establish our sovereignty and re-establish the Oireachtas and the office of the President as the de facto authority to deploy troops, what would be wrong with a constitutional referendum on Article 28 that would give the Seanad and the President a say on the deployment of troops and get rid of the dysfunctional UN?