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

Ms Maureen O'Brien:

In UN headquarters, Ireland would not have been selected if we knew there was a possible delay. From a UN perspective, we would not have selected an Irish force to do that job because of the restrictions. We can get troops to go without that kind of consideration.