Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)

If the Dáil is not sitting, we must recall the Dáil because it is one of the three pieces of the triple lock and, obviously, nothing can be done without a Dáil motion. The people putting the multinational battle groups together are considering all those issues and they are issues which must be considered in detail.

Deputy Gormley asked the position where troops assemble in a neighbouring country ready to deploy. I would imagine that what would happen in such a case is that if such troops come under fire, we would obviously have to withdraw the troops. It is as simple as that.

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