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

Ms Niamh Ní Bhriain:

The triple lock is the bare minimum that we need to protect. Then we need to have a much bigger conversation about what kind of Ireland we want going forward as the world becomes more unstable, as we edge closer and closer to all-out war. What kind of Ireland do we want? Do we want to be part of a military alliance that exposes us to attack or do we want to preserve our neutrality? As a small state, we have never been a military power and we should never-----

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