Defence (Amendment) Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages
Seanad Éireann — 2021-11-03
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Alice-Mary Higgins (IND), National University of Ireland

I move amendment No. 4:
In page 12, after line 36, to insert the following:
"Amendment of section 3 of Act of 2006
18. Section 3 of the Act of 2006 is amended by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (2):
"(3) A contingent or member of the Permanent Defence Force shall only be seconded to any regional arrangement or agency that participates, or has participated, in operations as part of an International United Nations Force, where that regional arrangement or agency is operating under a United Nations mandate or such a secondment is for the purposes set out in subsection (1)(b) to (h).".".

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