Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages
Dail Éireann — 2024-06-12
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Réada Cronin (SF), Kildare North

This is Ireland. There are only three degrees of separation, if that, between any of us in this country. In communities where members of the Defence Forces live, everybody knows they are members of the Defence Forces. Government policy may result in an increase in the price of petrol. When they are filling their cars they may comment on the cost of living and the increase in the price of petrol. That is a matter of Government policy. The Tánaiste has already said this is not necessary. He is taking a sledgehammer to crack a nut that does not even exist. As for members of the Defence Forces attending a Gaza protest in their uniforms, no member of the Defence Forces would risk the lives of their comrades.

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Sitting date: 2024-06-12