Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 1 July 2025
Committee on Defence and National Security
General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed)
2:00 am
Ms Maureen O'Brien:
I agree. When I was in New York and selecting from the 119 troop-contributing countries, whether they were neutral or needed, a triple lock was never a consideration. It is not something we were concerned about. That is a national issue. On increasing our sovereignty, the triple lock decreases it. We are dependent on five countries telling us whether we can deploy. That reduces our sovereignty and perhaps our neutrality as well.
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