Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 18 October 2018
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence
Foreign Affairs Council – Defence, and Related Matters: Minister of State at the Department of Defence
9:30 am
Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
It is up to the commission, but the Minister of State should have made recommendations in other areas. He mentioned what he did for pilots. However, there is a morale issue and the fact that the Minister of State did not make recommendations on the basis of the data he submitted is concerning. He should have provided for greater elaboration. It is interesting that he incorporated a recommendation for pilots but not for anybody else. It also shows that he could have made a recommendation, but decided not to do so. He could have incorporated some of the recommendations from the strategic office and the Chief of Staff, but he decided not to do so.
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