Defence Forces
Dail Éireann — 2024-03-21
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Matt Carthy (SF), Cavan-Monaghan

My question relates to the Defence Acts. The Tánaiste will be aware that we engaged in pre-legislative scrutiny of the defence (amendment) Bill in committee. The representative organisations and members of the committee from across the political spectrum were concerned about suggestions that the Bill would not include a role for representative organisations on the external oversight body. There is also concern that the Bill would infringe on the rights of Defence Forces personnel to be members of representative associations and would prohibit freedom of expression for members of the Defence Forces. Will the Tánaiste ensure that those issues are addressed in the Bill?

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Sitting date: 2024-03-21