New tasks approved by Cabinet to include intelligence, cyber security and air evacuation operations
At present, Defence Forces personnel participate in 25 tasks spanning maritime, air and general capabilities. They take part in programmes that improve interoperability and have also fully participated in joint peace operations.
Ireland joined the Partnership for Peace framework in 1999 and insists it operates within that framework on the basis of its military neutrality. The Cabinet also heard that Ireland’s outstanding debt to the European Union and the European Central Bank now stands at about €40 billion. The ECB and EU along with the IMF were called in to supervise Ireland’s economy after the financial crash of 2009.
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