Defence Forces
Dail Éireann — 2023-03-23
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Micheál Martin (FF), Cork South-Central

What I would say to the Government is that I do not think what happened was merely wrong; I think it was shocking and disgraceful. There is no justification. There has to be fundamental change. I have to go to the Government. The Government has to make decisions on the basis of this. This is the process. I will recommend decisions for the Government to take in respect of the report. There is a comprehensive range of recommendations. We have to take a position on those. I want to meet the groups prior to the Government decision. In some respects I am constrained in terms of when I have those meetings. We will have those meetings and then I will meet again subsequent to the Government decision and publication. I would like a debate and I am open to discussion with the Opposition spokespeople. We will need time to debate but I think we could have an initial debate - I want to bring this to the Government next week. I am being cautious in the sense that I want to make sure of everything.

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Sitting date: 2023-03-23