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# Ireland's Harris signals openness to EU SAFE loans for defence
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-11-10-ireland-harris-safe-loan-position/
- Published: 2025-11-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-11T16:03:25.000Z
- Description: Tanaiste and defence minister Simon Harris told the Dail Ireland does not rule out drawing on the EU's EUR 150 billion SAFE loan facility if domestic defence funding falls short of plans.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Defence and space, #news, #reported, #opinion, #editor-read

Reported Opinion Editor-read [The Irish Times, 10 November 2025](https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025/11/10/harris-promises-to-use-eu-loans-if-military-funding-is-not-forthcoming/?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** This does not establish that Ireland will draw the loan; the government has so far relied on budget surpluses instead of SAFE borrowing.

**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 2026-10-11\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)