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 with that. We have a history of operating in those areas. We train in war fighting but we do peacekeeping. It is important to understand that sometimes our peacekeeping missions can be very kinetic and difficult and, therefore, it is awfully important we retain that training and understand we can switch between both. It is more difficult to be war fighting and then step down to peacekeeping.
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