Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 26 June 2025

Committee on Defence and National Security

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

2:00 am

Mr. Joe Noonan:

As I have watched this over the years, that gap has got narrower and narrower. We are now in at least three, if not four, NATO-organised endeavours to do with cybersecurity and other matters. We are not a member. We are now saying neutrality is simply not being a member. NATO is quite happy to have people who are not members as long as it is doing what it wants.