Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 3 July 2025

Committee on Defence and National Security

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

2:00 am

Mr. Stephen Kelly:

It would depend on exactly how the proposal was worded but I would be much less worried in that context because having neutrality, if it is properly worded in the Constitution, would mean necessarily that Ireland could not take sides in foreign wars, so we would not be able to deploy in a combat capacity. It would be implicit, really, whereas it is currently explicit.

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