Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 1 July 2025

Committee on Defence and National Security

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

2:00 am

Mr. Kieran Brennan:

I concur with what Colonel Doyle said. I never came across a situation where any civilian in Kosovo or Chad, or an NGO worker, asked what was our status in respect of our service in the country. Their only interest was being provided with the protection they so desperately needed. I never came across any situation where that became an issue for any of the local population.