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

The same applies to mine countermeasures. If we were asked by the UN to be part of an agreed international mission to help to get grain out of Odesa at some point in the next months, do the Deputies think we should train to have the capacity to be able to say yes to the request? I think we should. I do not think we should isolate ourselves from the benefit of that kind of training. That is what PESCO is about. These are voluntary projects where we train with other countries to improve the skill set and capacity of our Defence Forces. It is nothing more and nothing less. We will have a debate on the broader issues relating to capacity, resourcing, reform, expansion of our Defence Forces and-----

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