Maeve O'Connell (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)
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I thank Professor Tonra, Mr. Noonan and Mr. Murphy for joining us and for the clarity of their presentations and interpretations of the issues. It has been very helpful for us all. I might come back to a contribution made by Mr. Noonan. He said that if we make this change and remove the requirement for the Security Council to give approval before we deploy, we will not know our direction of travel or what the outcomes could be. My question for all three witnesses is whether, if we do not make the change and we keep things the way they are, we know the direction of travel. We are effectively giving the power to Russia, China, France, the UK and the US to prevent us from deploying.