Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 21 June 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs
EU Security and Defence Policy: Discussion
Mr. Eoin Miche?l McNamara:
He said that the UN was struggling for cash. It is always struggling for cash. He said that we need regional security organisations to take up more of this burden. In Europe, he was talking about the EU and NATO. Even the UN has no problem with NATO members conducting peacekeeping. There is more that I could say on that if I get the chance, but that is my piece. We need to take a sober and realist look at ourselves rather than have rose-tinted glasses.