Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 27 February 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence
General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed)
Réada Cronin (Kildare North, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
I agree it is important to meet them, because there will be health and safety issues. I do not know whether Professor MacCraith watched the proceedings of the meeting last week. It was clear from listening to the representatives that they have strong thoughts on ensuring they have representation. They also have strong thoughts on what they might have described as draconian leanings on their freedom of expression. They were quite upset about that. Also, they were very upset about the prohibition on membership of their organisations and the position on roles and promotion within the Defence Forces. Would any of the oversight bodies members like to discuss that? Ms King might like to.
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