Tom Brabazon (Dublin Bay North, Fianna Fail)
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Yes. Neutrality has been part of our core. It is one of those things that gives us international appeal for our peacekeeping troops. This is something that has been said. If we found some kind of legal wording to amend the Constitution to add in a wording that prevented us from becoming aligned to military alliances other than the UN, such as NATO – there seems to be a lot of hostility from the pro-neutrality side in respect of NATO in particular - would that hamper our international ability to deploy peacekeeping troops?