Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 30 May 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence
High-Level Action Plan for the Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces: Discussion
Mr. Eamonn Murtagh:
One example is in the area of command and control. There were five recommendations in that regard. The Tánaiste outlined at the time of the report that some legal advice from the Attorney General was needed with respect to their constitutionality. That advice was received and, as Ms Sinnamon outlined moments ago, the Tánaiste reverted to the Cabinet to inform it that the legal advice had been received and that detailed policy was being developed. There is an example of five recommendations. The other recommendations in respect of which it was stated that there would be a need to revert to the Government all involve LOA 3. The rationale was that one has to get to LOA 2 before one could consider LOA 3. That is the other example.
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