Defence (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed)
Dail Éireann — 2020-09-15
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Thomas Pringle (IND), Donegal

I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate on the Defence (Amendment) Bill. As has been said by a number of other Members, this Bill seems fairly innocuous. It may be out of date with some of the regulations that have already come into place. I have some concerns about it though the vast majority of the Bill is grand. It is interesting to note that under the Bill, a force commander would have the authority to arrest and detain a member of the Defence Forces. Would a force commander be a German, Swedish, Dutch or French officer rather than an Irish officer?

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Sitting date: 2020-09-15