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Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Proposed Approval by Dáil Éireann of Ireland's Participation in Two PESCO Projects and Two European Defence Agency Projects and the Report Regarding Service by the Defence Forces with the UN in 2023: Motion (2 Jul 2024)

Réada Cronin: After the recess, okay. Will the Tánaiste update the committee on engagement with the Lebanese authorities regarding the death of Private Seán Rooney and the efforts to bring the perpetrators to justice?

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Proposed Approval by Dáil Éireann of Ireland's Participation in Two PESCO Projects and Two European Defence Agency Projects and the Report Regarding Service by the Defence Forces with the UN in 2023: Motion (2 Jul 2024)

Réada Cronin: I understand that. The last thing Libya needs is more arms entering the country. I spoke to the Tánaiste previously about any future mission having a search and rescue mandate as well.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Proposed Approval by Dáil Éireann of Ireland's Participation in Two PESCO Projects and Two European Defence Agency Projects and the Report Regarding Service by the Defence Forces with the UN in 2023: Motion (2 Jul 2024)

Réada Cronin: I spoke to the Tánaiste about that.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Proposed Approval by Dáil Éireann of Ireland's Participation in Two PESCO Projects and Two European Defence Agency Projects and the Report Regarding Service by the Defence Forces with the UN in 2023: Motion (2 Jul 2024)

Réada Cronin: I will speak to the Tánaiste about that matter later.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Proposed Approval by Dáil Éireann of Ireland's Participation in Two PESCO Projects and Two European Defence Agency Projects and the Report Regarding Service by the Defence Forces with the UN in 2023: Motion (2 Jul 2024)

Réada Cronin: I want to state again our objections to the process by means of which the Tánaiste is doing this. The committee indicated to him last July that we would like more engagement and that we might have the opportunity to bring experts in, talk to them about it and have a back-and-forth, not just a 55-minute debate in the Dáil. I will start with that. On the PESCO project network...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (2 Jul 2024)

Réada Cronin: Yes. I wish to ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will propose measures to ensure that members of the Defence Forces who have been convicted of violent assaults cannot continue to serve.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (2 Jul 2024)

Réada Cronin: Reports that a naval officer remains in the Defence Forces almost a year after pleading guilty to a serious assault on a woman shows a bit of a pattern. The Tánaiste will forgive the Women of Honour for nodding their heads and saying, "I told you so". The time for learning lessons is over. It is the time to show what can be done. I wish to take this opportunity to salute Natasha...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (2 Jul 2024)

Réada Cronin: We are at a critical juncture with the Defence Forces in terms of how allegations of abuse are dealt with. The Tánaiste has to take the bull by the horns. Morale in the Defence Forces is very low. I cannot imagine what it is like for ordinary, decent, professional soldiers in the Defence Forces who serve with honour and pride to feel like they are constantly under attack and that the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (2 Jul 2024)

Réada Cronin: I ask the Minister the number of occasions since January 2020 when a superior officer in the Defence forces provided a statement in support of a defendant to a civilian trial in respect of an allegation of a violent crime and whether he proposes to introduce measures to address this issue.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (2 Jul 2024)

Réada Cronin: The State came to a standstill with disgust and disbelief last week when a member of the Defence Forces walked free from court following the brutal assault on Natasha O'Brien. Another man had his career protected while another woman was failed by the State. I am glad to see the DPP has appealed the sentence. I do not want to give the Ceann Comhairle a heart attack or anything like that but...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (2 Jul 2024)

Réada Cronin: That is what it came across as.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (2 Jul 2024)

Réada Cronin: I am not a military lawyer or anything like that but after listening to the conversations, I know the officer was not there to give a glowing reference. However, that is what it felt like to the victim. Members of the Defence Forces have been through such a tough time lately with the disclosures from the Women of Honour. There is a bit of a knee-jerk reaction coming from inside and outside...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Military Neutrality (2 Jul 2024)

Réada Cronin: This is to ask the Minister for Defence if he intends to bring forward proposals to abolish the triple-lock neutrality protection.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Military Neutrality (2 Jul 2024)

Réada Cronin: The triple-lock protection of our neutrality is the cornerstone of Irish foreign policy. That is a fact.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Military Neutrality (2 Jul 2024)

Réada Cronin: It is our independent foreign policy, a legacy of Ireland working for a nuclear non-proliferation, humanitarianism, contributing to the drafting of the convention of human rights and fundamental freedoms, peacekeeping and our proud record as our United Nations peacekeepers in Lebanon, Congo, Chad, South Sudan and elsewhere. Yet eight months ago, the Minister instructed officials to prepare...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Military Neutrality (2 Jul 2024)

Réada Cronin: I would love if the Minister could be honest with the people and if he would put it to the people in the form of a referendum and to enshrine our neutrality in the Constitution. The Minister stood on a platform of protecting the triple lock in his last manifesto. Irish people are proud of our military neutrality. They are not embarrassed by some of the invited guests in the...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Proposed Approval by Dáil Éireann of Ireland's Participation in Two PESCO Projects and Two European Defence Agency Projects and the Report Regarding Service by the Defence Forces with the UN in 2023: Motion (2 Jul 2024)

Réada Cronin: Given that we live on an island as opposed to the mainland of Europe, does the Tánaiste think there is any possibility we would be obliged to host any of this transport or storage?

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Proposed Approval by Dáil Éireann of Ireland's Participation in Two PESCO Projects and Two European Defence Agency Projects and the Report Regarding Service by the Defence Forces with the UN in 2023: Motion (2 Jul 2024)

Réada Cronin: No.