Seán Ó Fearghaíl (Kildare South, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The famine developing in Ethiopia will augment the outpouring of people from the African Continent. To turn to the more contentious issue of Mali, if the Minister envisages coming before us with a triple lock proposal on increasing the number of personnel who might be deployed on this mission, does he see the nature of the mission itself changing? I understand that at present we provide military training and advice to the Malian armed forces. If there were to be a new mission, would it simply be an intensification of what is under way or would it be radically different from what is proposed? What detailed risk assessment will the Minister undertake in light of the attack on the Radisson Blu Hotel in Bamako?

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