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:

So I would not be buying the fighter jets. The Senator asked about being "militarily neutral if we cannot defend ourselves", but our only defence is our neutrality. We would get wiped off the map if we were to try to defend ourselves militarily.