John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)

It is not agreed. I raised the subject matter of 12b many months ago with the Minister for Defence and was told that the memorandum of understanding would be placed in the Oireachtas Library, which did not happen. In a reply to a parliamentary question I was advised the memorandum was to be amended, but it was not amended, I understand, because other member states refused to amend it. It is a very important document because it sets out what we are about to do regarding this battle group. Among other matters we will be using the facility at Northwood in Britain to train.

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