The Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 is the latest attempt by Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, and their lackeys to dismantle Irish neutrality.

Abandoning the requirement that the Defence Forces may only engage in missions approved by the UN would move Ireland away from genuine peacekeeping that enjoys a mandate and a basis in international law. This would be swapped for greater integration with EU and NATO military structures; the goal of whose missions have largely been to serve neo-colonial and U.S. interests respectively. From both opinion polling and past referendums, it is clear to see that the Irish people do not wish to see this happen.

The Workers’ Party has made a submission on the legislation which can be read in full at below. Additionally, for further context, you can find our 2021 submission to the Commission Defence Forces attached also.