Helen McEntee accuses Opposition of ‘frustrating and delaying’ Bill to remove triple lock
The Irish Times · Harry McGee ·
Hundreds of amendments could be tabled to plan to end need for UN approval of military missions, TDs say
The Government has accused the Opposition of deliberately delaying progress of the Bill to abolish the triple lock by refusing to agree a date for its debate at committee stage.
In the increasingly bitter dispute over the Bill, there have been heated exchanges in the Dáil over the triple lock, with both sides remain deadlocked over when the next stage of the legislation will be debated.
Minister for Defence Helen McEntee wants the Bill – which proposes to remove the requirement for a United Nations mandate for Defence Forces missions abroad – to be enacted by the end of the year.
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