Ryan O'Meara (Tipperary North, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

My issue with Ms Boylan's point on protecting against what she says is the EU expansion into militarisation is that we are relying on a veto and a system that does not work to protect us against that. I do not see why that is the only option. Why would we go back to relying on the P5 when it is incapable of allowing new peacekeeping forces to go abroad from any country, but this one in particular, when there could be another option?

The role of the committee could be strengthened. We could trust our politicians, including our party, as well as Ms Boylan's, in terms of scrutinising any decision being made. Rather than trusting the people in the House, strengthening the work of the committee, considering the potential role of the President or other ideas that have been put forward, those against the triple lock for the reasons Ms Boylan has mentioned look back to the P5. That group is incapable of running the United Nations in any way that is acceptable at the moment and prevents us from getting into any new peacekeeping forces abroad.