Results 9,101-9,120 of 17,012 for speaker:Paul Kehoe
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Permanent Structured Cooperation: Motion (6 Dec 2017)
Paul Kehoe: It does. The arrangement respects the constitutional rights and provisions of every member state. That applies when we join up to PESCO.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Permanent Structured Cooperation: Motion (6 Dec 2017)
Paul Kehoe: It does.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Permanent Structured Cooperation: Motion (6 Dec 2017)
Paul Kehoe: I am glad that Deputy Ó Snodaigh has that quote because I will be quoting from that article.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Permanent Structured Cooperation: Motion (6 Dec 2017)
Paul Kehoe: We do not need to come back looking for permission to participate in any of the projects in which we want to participate. As I have said previously, we are not legally compelled to adhere to any of the commitments within the document. The targets are collective and not specific to any individual member state. We can opt in or opt out on whatever basis we wish to participate in any of the...
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Permanent Structured Cooperation: Motion (6 Dec 2017)
Paul Kehoe: Like what?
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Permanent Structured Cooperation: Motion (6 Dec 2017)
Paul Kehoe: I ask the Deputy to slow down.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Permanent Structured Cooperation: Motion (6 Dec 2017)
Paul Kehoe: Based on the legal advice I have and the contents of the final document, PESCO does not undermine our traditional policy of neutrality.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Permanent Structured Cooperation: Motion (6 Dec 2017)
Paul Kehoe: The Deputy might not like the answers.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Permanent Structured Cooperation: Motion (6 Dec 2017)
Paul Kehoe: It was Tuesday, 21 November.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Permanent Structured Cooperation: Motion (6 Dec 2017)
Paul Kehoe: If we wait until after PESCO is established, it will be a matter for those member states already participating to assess Ireland's request to participate in and vote on it. Ireland would have no vote and would not be party to any of the discussions on its request to join.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Permanent Structured Cooperation: Motion (6 Dec 2017)
Paul Kehoe: I have said that to the Deputy on four occasions this evening.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Permanent Structured Cooperation: Motion (6 Dec 2017)
Paul Kehoe: The Deputy clearly knows more than I do.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Permanent Structured Cooperation: Motion (6 Dec 2017)
Paul Kehoe: I am surprised that the Deputy would be in any way suspicious of me bringing anything to the Dáil. I know him long enough and he knows me long enough that he should not be suspicious that I would try to pull the wool over his eyes.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Permanent Structured Cooperation: Motion (6 Dec 2017)
Paul Kehoe: On Tuesday, 21 November, we got Government approval. It was put on the Dáil Order Paper on the 22 or 23 November. I served as Government Chief Whip for five years and I know the pressures the Whip is under. I do not order the business of the Dáil, that is a matter for the Business Committee. I was in no way trying to-----
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Permanent Structured Cooperation: Motion (6 Dec 2017)
Paul Kehoe: No, it is actually a matter for the Business Committee to decide on Dáil business. That is my understanding.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Permanent Structured Cooperation: Motion (6 Dec 2017)
Paul Kehoe: It was placed on the Dáil Order Paper for 22 or 23 November.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Permanent Structured Cooperation: Motion (6 Dec 2017)
Paul Kehoe: That is not a matter for me. It is up to Opposition Members to oppose.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Permanent Structured Cooperation: Motion (6 Dec 2017)
Paul Kehoe: No. It is up to Opposition Members. We will bringing a motion to the House recommending that we join PESCO and the Deputy will be opposing that motion. Therefore he and his colleagues will be calling the vote as they oppose the motion.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Permanent Structured Cooperation: Motion (6 Dec 2017)
Paul Kehoe: Can I answer the four questions which the Deputy has asked now? Malta's involvement is a matter for itself to decide on. It is a matter for Malta itself.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Permanent Structured Cooperation: Motion (6 Dec 2017)
Paul Kehoe: It was not excluded. It is a matter for Malta. We can opt out of PESCO at any time. There is no problem there whatsoever. As I have explained to the Deputy and other Deputies on numerous occasions, any expense involved falls under the Department of Defence's Vote. We will not seek to go outside the Vote in order to participate in any of the projects.