Billy Timmins (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Question 99: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on whether Ireland should join a common EU security and defence arrangement with other EU member states; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17532/05]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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The amendment to Bunreacht na hÉireann, approved by the people in October 2002 at the initiation of the Government, precludes Ireland from participating in a common defence. It is the Government's intention that this prohibition be carried over in the context of the ratification of the European constitution.