Defence (Amendment) Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages
Dail Éireann — 2021-06-30
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Simon Coveney (FG), Cork South-Central

I move amendment No. 8:
In page 5, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following:
"Prohibition on political activities when on voluntary military service
7. The Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 103:
“Prohibition on political activities when on voluntary military service
103A. A member of the Reserve Defence Force shall not, while deployed on military service under section 86A (in the case of an officer) or section 91A (in the case of a reservist)—
(a) canvass on behalf of, or collect contributions for, any political organisation or society, or
(b) address a meeting of a political organisation or society.".".

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