Tomas O'Leary will still have every chance of being picked for Ireland if he decides to leave Munster to join French side Perpignan.
O'Leary is no longer Munster's first-choice scrum-half after falling behind Conor Murray in the pecking order and he is expected to decide in the coming days whether to accept a new deal at Munster or move to the Top 14 with Perpignan.
One factor which could sway O'Leary is the prospect of not being considered for Ireland - other countries have warned players that moving away would jeopardise their international chances - but Kidney believes there is no reason why O'Leary would be overlooked other than the fact that it would be hard to track his progress.
"You always want as many Irish players playing at home as is possible and you don’t want to see anybody leaving," Kidney said when asked about O'Leary's proposed move.
"We would put a lot of stock (of players) in the provinces because we believe in the work that is done there.
"You are going to get to see a provincial side seven or eight times a season and when somebody plays abroad you might not see them anyway near as much as that. So you’re dependent more on video footage.
"All these decisions are big decisions in a lad’s career and we’ll wish him well whatever he decides.
"You’d like to see them at home as we get to see them more often at home. If they do go abroad we’re not going to hold that against them and if they’re playing well enough we’ll pick them."
O'Leary was omitted from the 30-man squad for the World Cup last autumn and has yet to be called up to the Six Nations squad.