Foreign-born Defence Forces personnel at passport disadvantage

PDForra believes that where an Irish resident EU citizens choose to join the Irish Defence Forces and wear the Tricolour on their arm while serving the State, they should be (automatically) granted citizenship upon expiry of an appropriate timeframe.

Some of the growing ranks of foreign-born Defence Forces members are being discriminated against as they're not entitled to Irish passports, and unless they pay around €1,000 to gain citizenship, are being denied a role in some UN peacekeeping missions.

A few are also left in limbo as some countries frown on their citizens serving in a foreign military and they could be arrested on their return home if they haven't a passport from their adopted country.