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🛡 Defence & Security: What Each Party Proposes

SocDems

Defence, Security and Positive Neutrality

Properly fund the Defence Forces. Protect military neutrality. Address the retention crisis.

Ireland's Defence Forces are underfunded, understaffed and under-equipped. Personnel are leaving faster than they can be recruited. Ireland's military neutrality is a core value, but neutrality doesn't mean being defenceless.

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