Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Given that the mission has been in place for over 40 years without having facilitated resolution of the Syrian-Israeli conflict which was what it was designed for in the first place, it appears there is very little we can offer there. Would the Minister agree that our troops would be better used somewhere like the Ukraine where a peacekeeping mission could certainly be of significant benefit or in the Congo where more than 5 million people have been destroyed?

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