Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 20 February 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence

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

Mr. Liam Berney:

On the question of the membership of the oversight body, again I do not wish to personalise things, but what colleagues have said about the importance of balance is really the important point here. Precluding or not providing for membership of the representative associations in the oversight body is a gap that needs to be addressed. Like all these things, if we have the right balance of membership, then the organisation, if you want to call it an organisation, will work effectively.