Ms Niamh Ní Bhriain:

There is no limit, so we can participate in evacuation missions. That is allowed for in the 2006 Act. This or any future Government can send any number of troops anywhere with a simple Dáil majority vote, as the Senator said. That is why this is terrifying and why we need to be really serious about what we are talking about here.

Yes, the Irish people are ahead.

Regarding the 2030 readiness plan, when I participated in the neutrality roadshow, I spoke to hundreds of people. A mother came up to me. She had calculated the number of years as I was speaking, and she said, terrified, that she had just realised that her son would be 18 when this kicked off and the 2030 plan was ready to go. She asked would he be sent off to war. That is the reality and that is why people in Ireland are ahead. It is about sending Irish people off to war. We need to be very clear about it.