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
Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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We are not in active discussion. The most immediate action in this context has been the deployment of an additional platoon of 33 personnel to go to Lebanon on top of the 344 troops we have there now. This is the immediate focus at the moment. We keep the situation under review. If the UN comes to us with a specific request, we will, of course, consider it.