An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
Dail Éireann — 2026-01-27
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Paul Murphy (PBP), Dublin South-West

Did the Cabinet agree this morning to press ahead with abolishing the triple lock without holding a referendum? If it did, why is the Taoiseach reneging on the promises he personally made to the Irish people in order to get the Nice and Lisbon treaties passed?
It now seems crystal clear, despite the Tánaiste promising me just last September that alternative safeguards would be introduced, that there will be no safeguards whatsoever to ensure our soldiers can only be sent on genuine peacekeeping missions. Has the Government rejected the all-party recommendation of the Oireachtas committee for a formal legal review to be carried out before Irish troops are sent into harm's way without UN approval? Under the new laws, the State could have sent troops to fight in Iraq. It would be able to send troops to fight and die for Trump wherever he decides to if it decides to go along with it.

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Sitting date: 2026-01-27