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Deployment of Naval Service Vessel to Participate in Operation Irini: Motion (25 Apr 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I welcome the opportunity to participate in the debate. I will start with context and numbers. Since search and rescue, SAR, under Operation Sophia was ended in March 2019, 8,059 people have gone missing in the Mediterranean. If we take a slightly longer period, 26,377 migrants are missing in the Mediterranean as of 19 April 2014. Some 619 people are missing to date, including 58...

Deployment of Naval Service Vessel to Participate in Operation Irini: Motion (25 Apr 2023)

Cathal Berry: ...putting a hull in the water, so to speak, and it is very important that we are following through on our commitments at the Security Council table. I also recognise the importance of the motion from an operational point of view. Many young sailors may not have been around for operations Pontus and Sophia. They are used to the north Atlantic but will now get additional expertise on the...

Deployment of Naval Service Vessel to Participate in Operation Irini: Motion (25 Apr 2023)

Gary Gannon: ...ever be considered a secondary mandate of any mission. It is with that in mind that I will press an amendment, if possible. The amendment is important because this month alone, those involved in Operation Irini have helped to recuse more than 1,200 refugees and migrants in distress. That has happened four times during this particular mandated term. In the first year, the operation did...

Deployment of Naval Service Vessel to Participate in Operation Irini: Motion (25 Apr 2023)

Réada Cronin: ...to the aid of our citizens in Sudan. I also express solidarity with the people of Sudan. I hope that the ceasefire holds and that there can be some negotiation towards lasting peace. On Operation Irini, Sinn Féin will be supporting this UN-backed mission conditionally in line with the assurances given by the Government. Its primary mandate is to implement the arms embargo on...

Deployment of Naval Service Vessel to Participate in Operation Irini: Motion (25 Apr 2023)

Micheál Martin: ...by section 2 of the Defence (Amendment) Act 2006, the deployment of a Naval Service Vessel and associated support staff and elements for service as part of the EU Common Security and Defence Policy naval operation, Operation lrini, and in accordance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1970 (2011) and subsequent UN Resolutions on the arms embargo on Libya, noting that the...

Deployment of Naval Service Vessel to Participate in Operation Irini: Motion (25 Apr 2023)

Matt Carthy: ...allocated just 55 minutes for this debate, and the proposal was not referred to the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence for discussion. In principle, Sinn Féin supports this deployment, operating, as it will, under a clear UN mandate. We believe it is in line with the objectives of securing the existing framework for peace in Libya. The commitments of the proposed...