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

Mr. Stephen Kelly:

I think it is incredibly important. It is fundamentally a law enforcement matter because it is a criminal matter. We need to co-operate with Interpol on issues like cybersecurity but I do not think there is any breach in neutrality-----