Brian Hayes (Fine Gael)

I thank the Minister and his officials for attending the House and the Labour Party for the Bill. Given the fact that the Dáil would have to make a resolution on these matters, I suggested to the Minister that the advice of the Attorney General might be put into the public domain. The precedent should be broken in this regard because every Deputy will be involved in deciding on whether to commit troops to other parts of the world.

It is proper that changes were brought to allow for the consideration of activities additional to international peacekeeping, so that the Defence Forces can continue to bring great honour to this country. We have had an interesting and useful debate, although some issues will have to be considered on another day.