Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 29 May 2025
Committee on Defence and National Security
General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion
2:00 am
Ms Bernie Maguire:
That would apply to both. What is known as chapter 6, is peacekeeping under the UN Charter and chapter 7 is peace enforcement. There is a generic term of peacekeeping we use. We have peacekeepers. They are out in Lebanon peacekeeping. Within that, chapter 6 is the peacekeeping element and there is also peace enforcement. We have participated in several peace enforcement missions over the years, the most recent one being in Mali with MINUSMA in 2023.