Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage
Seanad Éireann — 2024-07-03
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Micheál Martin (FF), Cork South-Central

The Department represents the civilian wing of the Government. I have met the Chief of Staff separately on occasion. He would be the first to say we need a de facto collaborative approach in real time. I am not clear on the rationale for writing out the Secretary General, whoever that may be at any time, if Senator Craughwell accepts the primacy of the civilian authority.

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Sitting date: 2024-07-03