Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 26 June 2025

Committee on Defence and National Security

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

2:00 am

Mr. Ciarán Murphy:

When I answered the question previously, I said that it is not just Russia that uses the veto. China and America use it. People also use the threat of the veto so that you never even see a Security Council resolution or the draft of one.