Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 1 July 2025

Committee on Defence and National Security

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

2:00 am

Photo of Tom ClonanTom Clonan (Independent)
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Okay. If it is a company-plus or a battalion-minus, is it not the case that in a peace enforcement or war-fighting context such a unit would inexorably and organically be under the command of another nation? It could not operate independently.