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# Ireland tells Oireachtas it will skip EU's SAFE defence loan facility
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-10-22-ireland-declines-safe-loan-facility/
- Published: 2025-10-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-13T12:01:42.000Z
- Description: Ireland's Department of Defence told an Oireachtas committee it will not draw on the EU's SAFE defence loan facility because market borrowing is cheaper. Official Brian O'Meara said Ireland may still join other states' joint procurement, such as body armour.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Defence and space, Policy and law, #news, #reported, #editor-read

Reported Editor-read [Irish Examiner, 22 October 2025](https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41729142.html?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** It does not show Ireland committing to any joint procurement project or naming equipment to buy jointly.

**How this item counts.** This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/).

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above; read and approved by the editor on 2026-10-13\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)