Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North, Fine Gael)

This has been a successful mission, with very few incidents, led initially by Lieutenant General Pat Nash. It resulted in positive recognition of the country. Foreign missions are the lifeblood of any army so it is important from both a humanitarian and a logistical point of view that this mission would continue after March and the Minister must signal his intentions soon. It took €20 million to move the equipment out to Chad and set up camp there. What will it cost to bring back that equipment instead of continuing the mission, which will be mostly paid by the United Nations?

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