Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 15 October 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach
Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals
2:00 am
Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
No, sorry, I understand the Irish piece. Sorry, I did not understand the point made by Mr. Knauer but I get it now that Ireland's neutrality is respected. How is it respected if we are a net contributor to a fund which actually increases the military munitions capabilities for other EU member states? Therefore, people in my constituency, and people around this table, that is, the Irish citizens and taxpayers here, are indirectly funding the militarisation of Europe. We are funding the ability for other member states to do what they want to do as a nation but that should not happen through Europe. If France, Germany or any other country wants to increase their military capability then they should do it.
Why should they be asking Irish taxpayers to help fund their capabilities? That is what is happening through ASAP.
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