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

Photo of Tom ClonanTom Clonan (Independent)
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Finally, based on the precedent of sending 12 troops to Afghanistan, if this change were enacted, would it mean that the Government, the Cabinet, at any point, without Dáil approval, could send 50 troops to any mission anywhere in the world?