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. 6:
In page 12, after line 36, to insert the following:
"Report on operation of Act
18. The Minister, shall every 2 years after the passing of this Act, lay a report before both Houses of the Oireachtas outlining—
(a) a summary of international missions in which Ireland is participating,
(b) secondments of a contingent of the Permanent Defence Force under section 3(1)(a) of the Act of 2006,
(c) delegations of operational control under section 17A of the Principal Act, and
(d) where the Minister authorises participation in international missions, delegation of operational control or the secondment of a contingent of the Permanent Defence Force to an international organisation not operating under a United Nations mandate, and the report shall include—
(i) information on the relevant category of international organisation as defined in section 1 of the Act of 2006, and
(ii) information on the relevant purposes under section 3(1)(a) to (h) of the Act of 2006.".

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