Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)

I agree with the Deputy that the troops are performing outstandingly in Chad. I appreciate his remarks in that regard, which I will communicate to them. I also agree that there is a wish locally in Chad that the Irish troops be left in place. I am giving careful consideration to an extension of the mission. I do not envisage the mission continuing as long as the mission in Lebanon did, for example, but I am giving serious consideration to an extension.

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