Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 12 June 2025

Committee on Defence and National Security

General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed)

2:00 am

Professor John Maguire:

On the same point, I do not think there is knee-jerk impression management going on. People are concerned about the triple lock. I agree that they are, as Dr. Devine said. There have been 22 sessions of the neutrality roadshow. It has gone down really well. People are concerned about the triple lock because there is a sense that if it goes, it brings us into a field where the kinds of things people associate with what Dr. Devine studied, our sense of neutrality, will be damaged. I am not saying they are the same issue but they are closely related.

I have a clarification for Deputy Stanley. One can argue for 12, 50 or any number, which is one thing, and whether the Dáil should have a vote on it. Which is the Deputy raising?

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