Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 24 September 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach
EU Legislative Proposals: Discussion
2:00 am
Ms Niamh Ní Bhriain:
Yes. The Irish Army participates in the EU battle groups.
EU battle groups are fully operational as of this year, and Ireland participates in them. That is fundamentally problematic if they are deployed, for example, in Ukraine without a United Nations mandate. The only international body tasked with peace and security is the United Nations. No other international body-----
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