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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)

Bríd Smith: You did.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: Yes, we did.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)

Bríd Smith: With the triple lock.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: Would you listen for a second? The triple lock does not apply here. The politics of the Security Council is the point I am trying to enlighten Members on. The politics wanted to close it down. The permanent members wanted to close it down. This can happen at any time. My point is the Security Council, in my view, is dysfunctional in terms of these issues. There is no point in waiting...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)

Bríd Smith: What is the terrible thing?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: I did not interrupt you Deputy and I am making some clear points. Ireland incurred the wrath of Ethiopia by strongly standing by a humanitarian measure. Our international presence is humanitarian. It is peacekeeping. Please stop trying to portray what we are about here as some sort of erosion of our military neutrality, or a sort of engagement in militarisation and imperial powers. That...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)

Gino Kenny: I agree with the Tánaiste that the UN Security Council is dysfunctional. Look at the role of the United States with regard to Israel and its conduct over the past seven months, whereby 35,000 people have been killed including 15,000 children. Think about this. It is absolutely dysfunctional. The United States has played a completely detrimental role in international relations. It...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)

Bríd Smith: I rest my case. The Tánaiste made the case for me. He went through a litany of how Ireland has engaged in peacekeeping roles via the mechanism of the UN. He went through Chad and what we did in the north Syrian corridor. He said we were instrumental and met opposition but convinced people. We did this with the triple lock it in place. The Tánaiste still has not given us an...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Tánaiste for his reply and welcome the fact that this suggestion will be considered. The education and training board only uses part of that site. I cannot emphasise enough that it was the most modern barracks in Europe, officially opened in 1990. I represented Cavan-Monaghan during the bad days when this island was in the era of the Troubles. We can never overestimate...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: I again thank the Deputy for raising the issue. The focus has obviously been on enhancing recruitment but I take on board what the Deputy has said about the physical quality of the barracks in Cavan. I will ensure his advocacy for the barracks as a forward operating base will be fed into the process. That is something I will do and I will revert to the Deputy.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Tánaiste. We have discussed in this House the fact that Cavan has a long and proud Army tradition. There has been stronger recruitment in areas where there is an Army barracks. Unfortunately, we are losing that attachment and that number of young people who went into the Army that we had in the past. I know the Tánaiste met some local members of the Permanent Defence...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: The Deputy has advocated strongly. I do not want to raise expectations too high. The consolidation of barracks created benefits in terms of the operational readiness and deployability of Defence Forces personnel. The military would argue that consolidation has improved that readiness. However, the Deputy's point about the link between recruitment and military tradition through the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)

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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)

Gino Kenny: 10. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence what type of operations Irish military forces might engage in that are not currently allowed under the UN Charter if the triple lock is removed ; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20888/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)

Gino Kenny: 16. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will retain the triple lock per the commitment in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20885/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)

Bríd Smith: 34. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the specific issues he has with the triple lock system that need to be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21888/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)

Gino Kenny: My questions relate to the triple lock. What type of operations does the Tánaiste envisage the Irish military forces being engaged in that are not allowed under the UN Charter if the triple lock is removed?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 10, 16 and 34 together. As I stated earlier in response to questions from Deputy Howlin and others, we are living in a new era in Europe and in the world in which Ireland also faces significant new security and defence challenges, and we too must consider how best to respond. Given the changing nature of international conflict and geopolitics, it is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)

Brendan Howlin: I will not be adding to any vitriol but I do want clarity. We have a very proud record of deployment of UN peacekeepers, always under the umbrella of acting in the interest of the world community. A move away from the endorsement of the United Nations to simply domestic endorsement, or endorsement as part of a geopolitical group, would have two consequences. One, it would put our troops in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I agree that we have a great history of peacekeeping. I, like many others, have referred here many times to the Irish people’s belief in staying non-aligned. They do not want to see any move away from neutrality. The fact is that it is very difficult to see the removal of the triple lock as being anything but a step in a particular direction. It does put our troops in danger and...