Dáil debates

Tuesday, 9 April 2019

An Bille um an Ochtú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Neodracht) 2018 : An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-Eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Neutrality) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members]

 

9:45 pm

Photo of Simon CoveneySimon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

This House chooses when and where to send Irish troops abroad. As I said earlier, we do a disservice to paint the European Union as something it is not. We also do a disservice to make the case, which is not based in reality that somehow Ireland is drifting towards being part of some broader European army which is not taking shape. Instead I am confident we can continue to rely on the safeguards we have which provide the guarantees that Ireland will continue to make its own decisions to send well-qualified troops to parts of the world in order to keep people alive, to support peace, to disarm people when necessary, and most importantly to make a contribution towards peace and stability in parts of the world that need that kind of intervention.

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