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Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (29 May 2025)

Paul Murphy: No. Exactly. That is the point.

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (29 May 2025)

Paul Murphy: I do not want a future government to be able to send Irish troops abroad in a "coalition of the willing", in an imperialist invasion of Iraq or Afghanistan or any other country. I think that is a reason many people will oppose this. Second, to follow up on Deputy Gibney's question, can Ms Maguire confirm that under the current legal framework, even though a UN General Assembly resolution...

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (29 May 2025)

Paul Murphy: Was Ms Maguire in the Department in 2006 when the legislation was changed?

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (29 May 2025)

Paul Murphy: Of course. Can she outline the rationale for that 2006 amendment? The arguments now being used to abolish the triple lock were used then with the Defence (Amendment) Act. It explicitly was so that the UN General Assembly could be used because of the veto.

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (29 May 2025)

Paul Murphy: It was dealing with the veto.

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (29 May 2025)

Paul Murphy: The point about the principles of the UN Charter is significant. It means Article 2 rather than the UN Charter as a whole. Ms Maguire said earlier it is about peacekeeping. Is she saying that the UN Charter does then not cover anything? We are not bound by the UN Charter, if we are sending troops for "strengthening international security"?

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (29 May 2025)

Paul Murphy: It is not the principles of international law; it is the principles of the UN Charter.

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (29 May 2025)

Paul Murphy: It is just a reference.

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (29 May 2025)

Paul Murphy: Ms Maguire said earlier it is about peacekeeping. This provides for sending troops abroad not on peacekeeping missions but on international security missions.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland (29 May 2025)

Paul Murphy: 28. To ask the Minister for Finance if, in light of the ongoing genocide carried out by Israel, he will direct the Central Bank to stop facilitating the sale of Israeli war bonds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27946/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland (29 May 2025)

Paul Murphy: 67. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether he has a duty under the Genocide Convention to stop the Central Bank from facilitating the sale of Israeli war bonds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27948/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland (29 May 2025)

Paul Murphy: 68. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether Israeli war bonds, whose sale is facilitated by the Central Bank, are financing the genocide in Gaza; his further views on whether the Central Bank and his Department are complicit in genocide as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27949/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Trade Sanctions (29 May 2025)

Paul Murphy: 66. To ask the Minister for Finance if, in light of the ongoing genocide carried out by Israel, he will impose financial sanctions on the state of Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27947/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Trade Sanctions (29 May 2025)

Paul Murphy: 71. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide details of the value of financial assets held in Ireland by Israeli state entities and by companies registered in Israel; his views on whether these assets should be frozen in light of the genocide being carried out by Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27950/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Artificial Intelligence (29 May 2025)

Paul Murphy: 127. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the actions he will take the address the concerns raised about the use of AI in the public service by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28129/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Artificial Intelligence (29 May 2025)

Paul Murphy: 145. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measurement that has been carried out of the impact on carbon emissions of expanding the use of AI in the public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28130/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (29 May 2025)

Paul Murphy: 186. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the new actions he will take against the state of Israel in light of the duty of the State to prevent genocide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27405/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Military Neutrality (29 May 2025)

Paul Murphy: 307. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is concerned that continued flights through Irish airspace of aircraft carrying munitions to Israel are in violation of Ireland’s policy of military neutrality; the steps he will take to defend Irish neutrality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18056/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service (29 May 2025)

Paul Murphy: 312. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason demand by Government Departments for staff from the 2024 Open Competition for Assistant Principal is so low; the number of candidates he expects to be recruited from this competition by September 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28553/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (29 May 2025)

Paul Murphy: 344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the NCSE does not have certain information readily available (details supplied) given the importance of collecting this information. [28485/25]