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 Lynn Boylan:
The Senator is clearly happy for Ursula von der Leyen to dictate Ireland's foreign and security policy. I am very concerned by the European Commission. Yes, the UN needs reform. The Senator will not hear any different from me. Is the Senator honestly, hand-on-heart saying that he thinks the EU will respect our sovereignty when it comes to neutrality when all of the evidence shows otherwise? They are trying to remove the unanimity for foreign and security decisions. As I pointed out, Ursula von der Leyen has bypassed the treaties on the functioning of the European Union as it exists and has bypassed them because she-----