Seanad debates

Wednesday, 20 October 2021

Defence (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee Stage

 

10:30 am

Photo of Gerard CraughwellGerard Craughwell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

The Minister is anxious. I do not agree with my colleague, Senator Higgins, because we should not put in anything that will constrain us because we do not know what will happen in the future.

There has been a lot of talk about European armies and the like so this debate is an opportunity to convey that there is no possibility of a European army where there is not an independent European intelligence gathering agency. I do not see a European army happening now or at any time in the future so I am not concerned about the leeway that the legislation gives. We are never sure of what we will be called upon to do. We have been involved in European actions in various parts of the world so I support the Bill as it stands.

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