Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 30 January 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence

General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion

Mr. Matt Carthy:

At this point, I seek a clarification because if we are going to exclude, then there needs to be a rationale. I do not think that the rationale is the IRG report in itself. If we are going to exclude, then the legislation needs to clearly set that out. We need to have an understandable rationale because it would appear to be unique to have an oversight body over any sector and a requirement on the chair is that he or she cannot have had any experience in the sector. We need to be very clear on that in final legislation.

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