Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Regardless of who attended or did not attend a particular meeting, the situation is as I have outlined it to the Deputy. Clearly, Government, Dáil and UN resolution approval are required before we can be involved in any particular initiative. That remains the case. It has not changed. The legislation to which the Deputy referred did not change it. The triple lock remains in place and we continue to participate primarily in Partnership for Peace and the peacekeeping efforts being made internationally. Our Defence Forces will continue to be engaged in peacekeeping based on the precedents for every engagement we have had to date and where the triple lock has been the basis for our approach.

It continues to characterise it irrespective of who attends what meetings. That is the clear position of the Irish Government on neutrality. I do not have the details of who attended at that but the key issue at stake here is the approach of the Government to neutrality, and that has not changed.

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