Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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I must reassert the point that there is no connection between the triple lock and our military neutrality. Our military neutrality means that we are not members of a military alliance and we have no plans to be a member of a military alliance. The triple lock refers to a three-stage process to approve the deployment of troops on a peacekeeping mission. At the moment, this involves the approval of the UN Security Council, in essence, the Government and the Dáil. In future, in the amendment to the triple lock, we propose that we would still frame it in a UN framework in the context of the UN Charter, the principles of the UN and the various chapters of the UN framework governing deployments.