Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 3 July 2025
Committee on Defence and National Security
General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed)
2:00 am
Ms Niamh Ní Bhriain:
We have both set out that we support the mission in Lebanon and we hope that it is extended. However, if it is not extended and it is wound down, we have no business being there. What are the chances of us being able to keep the peace if we are there without the backing of the United Nations? Under what mandate would we be there? If we do not have the backing of the United Nations, imagine we are there as an EU-backed mission-----