Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Tánaiste made a decision. I disagreed at the time. I still disagree with that decision. It may be political, but it is a fair political position to have.

I will ask one question. I will not go into the detail of PESCO, EDA missions and the different projects that Ireland has been involved in - and that it may be involved in in the future - other than to say we had a number of very limited Dáil debates in advance of the approval of those projects. The most recent debate was last year, when we had four projects agreed after a 50-minute debate in the Dáil. In future, would it be useful if missions and projects such as those came before this committee for substantive debate and analysis in order that Oireachtas approval would, when given, be on the basis of those substantive deliberations?