The triple-lock mechanism is an issue which I have highlighted in the House previously, particularly with regard to the situation in Macedonia, to which, under UN Resolution 1371, it was decided to send a UN mission. The resolution was vetoed in the Security Council by China and, as a result of our triple-lock mechanism, we were ineligible to participate in the EU-sponsored mission. That is a difficulty and I ask the Government to table an amendment to the Defence Act to correct that situation. By bringing forward the triple-lock mechanism, the Irish people did not for one moment intend that Irish troops could not participate in a humanitarian mission because China, for some reason of vested interest, decided to exercise its veto at the Security Council.