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

It makes sense because we are militarily non-aligned. We should not be working with a military bloc, a military contingent and a regional grouping that is aligned, that acts on the basis of interests and that acts on a completely different mandate from us, except in situations where we share a common mandate in a United Nations activity. That is appropriate-----

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