Mairéad Farrell (Galway West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I was looking at a recent submission to the Commission on the Defence Forces. As we know, civilian control over the military is a core principle of democracy. This submission expressed concerns about the overreliance by the Department of Defence on the Carltona doctrine as a means of exercising control and said this overuse needed scrutinising. I am not commenting on that but it is something I have noted. As far as Mr. Moloney is aware, has there ever been an external review carried out to see how well the doctrine is performing?