Patricia Stephenson (Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I know that much of this discussion is bound up in the changing context and the changing world we have today. The witnesses touched on the illegal invasion of Ukraine by Russia and also mentioned France, China and the US in Iraq.

It sounds like what the witnesses are describing with the Security Council has been a long-existing issue and the global context has not really changed. Will they speak to that and whether there is a different context or has it remained the same? Are we couching this discussion in a new context which is not true because we have always had these challenges?

The veto has been cited as something that stopped us engaging in peacekeeping missions previously. Will the witnesses touch on the Golan Heights, the UN mission there and why that was prevented?

Given the emergency situations around things such as civil evacuation and drugs missions are not subject to the cap or Dáil approval under this Bill, what scenarios do they envisage for the 50 troops being sent without Dáil approval?