Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 2 July 2024

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence

Proposed Approval by Dáil Éireann of Ireland's Participation in Two PESCO Projects and Two European Defence Agency Projects and the Report Regarding Service by the Defence Forces with the UN in 2023: Motion

3:15 pm

Photo of Micheál MartinMicheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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We may or may not have taken the same decision. The military advice was clear. To be frank, the military advice was that there was a desire to move on. This was the sense I got when I became Minister for Defence.