Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 19 June 2025

Committee on Defence and National Security

General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed)

2:00 am

Photo of Catherine CallaghanCatherine Callaghan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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There is an idea that, by removing the triple lock, we are sending our Defence Forces personnel, our young men and women, off to fight a war, and that it is going to be an option for us now or is just going to happen. From my point of view, that is a misrepresentation and not what is going to happen. Turning to our conflict resolution, which was mentioned, is there conflict in conflict resolution? For Irish troops going into a peacekeeping or peace enforcing situation for conflict resolution, are our troops going into the conflict? Are they going to be involved in that?