Mr. Declan Power:

-----the changing tempo of operations on the ground dictates the pace.

The Deputy made a statement earlier that is worth coming back to. Peacekeeping was meant to be peacekeeping. There was no such thing as peace enforcement. The Cold War brought about the need to differentiate. The reality is that the peacekeeping mission in Lebanon led to the Battle of At Tiri. The peace enforcement mission in Sierra Leone was one of the more peaceful missions that Irish troops ever served on, even though they were configured much more for war fighting in Sierra Leone than they were in Lebanon. That is the reality of operational life on the ground.