Simon Harris will also bring proposal to provide €100m in aid for Ukraine to Ministers
Tánaiste Simon Harris: 'We cannot have a situation where any one of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council – Russia or anybody else – can veto that decision, we need to be empowered to do that.' Photograph: Brian Lawless/APwill bring draft legislation to Cabinet on Tuesday to modify the triple lock on Irish troop deployment and remove the need for UN Security Council approval for peacekeeping missions abroad.
The legislation will also provide “legal clarity” concerning the evacuation of Irish citizens from hostile areas, allowing it to be done in a more flexible and efficient way, he said. “Labour has consistently said that any veto over Ireland’s foreign policy, whether from Russia, China, or a future Trump-led America, is concerning. However, simply scrapping the Triple Lock without a full public and political debate is not the answer.
The Tánaiste, who is also Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Defence, described his reaction to scenes at the White House on Friday, in which Mr Trump criticised and clashed with Ukrainian president Later this week, the EU will decide on a package of support for Ukraine, the figure of which is not decided, though Ireland will be paying a “little over 2 per cent” of the total package, he said, meaning a package of €20 billion would see Ireland paying about €400 million.
“I think people are rightly extraordinarily unsettled and upset by what they have seen in recent days and I share that,” he said.
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