Defence (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee Stage
Seanad Éireann — 2021-10-20
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Alice-Mary Higgins (IND), National University of Ireland

Nothing in my proposed amendment about the removal of "or has participated" would have precluded the example the Minister gave of Afghanistan. There is a big difference between working with NATO under a UN mandate, which, again, would still be allowed under my proposed change. That would be then a regional force that was operating or participating under a UN-mandated mission. That would be covered by my language that I proposed-----

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