The amendments to the Defence Acts included in the original version of the Bill as tabled were removed from the Bill on Committee Stage because it was considered that they were quite separate and distinct from the issue of Oireachtas scrutiny of EU affairs and not appropriate to the Bill. Moreover, issues relating to defence and Ireland's policy of military neutrality are fully covered by the Seville Declarations and the proposed constitutional amendment which, in effect, preclude Ireland from entering an EU common defence policy and will require a "Yes" vote next Saturday for that to happen.