Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)

The cost will be €57 million, a large part of which covers the transportation of equipment to the region. Normally, contributing countries to UN-led missions are reimbursed for most of the costs they incur. If a mission is organised by the European Union or the African Union at the behest of the UN, each country carries its own costs. I do not know whether a hybrid arrangement can be reached if the UN is unable to step up to the mark but that is a matter for negotiation.

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