Dominic Hannigan (Meath East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

We are all aware of the awful situation in the Central African Republic where a dreadful war is taking place and we see lynchings, the fleeing of women and children and rape being used as a means of war. At their meeting in January the European Council and the Council of Foreign Ministers agreed to deploy a force to the Central African Republic. Will the Minister outline the rationale for that decision and, also, the rationale for Ireland not participating in that force?

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