Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 29 November 2017

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence

Ireland's Participation in European Defence Agency Projects: Motion

4:40 pm

Photo of Paul KehoePaul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

My experience of attending Council meetings in the past 18 months has been that the same issue appears repeatedly on the agenda and people say the same thing in a different way. The most important aspect of these meetings is that every country, specifically the neutral countries, has an opportunity to outline its policy on neutrality. It is often the case that officials from the Department have had wording changed to reflect our policy of neutrality.