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. Barry Andrews:
To be clear, the €800 million is not being spent by the EU. The private sector and different member states are included. The EU's own spending is a much smaller figure. Ms Boylan referred to €7 billion for the EDF over seven years, whereas France spends approximately €50 billion a year on defence. The European Union is quite different-----