Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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I want the personnel to be looked after but it speaks volumes about our public service that the Department has to go and buy private health insurance for Army personnel. I would just make that point.

When the Garda Commissioner comes in here, or when we put down parliamentary questions to the Minister for Justice, we are told that the Garda Commissioner is the one who deploys the resources as appropriate, and all the rest of it. Who makes the procurement decisions in relation to the Army? Is it the Department? Is there a bureaucratic arrangement around that? Is it the Chief of Staff? Who makes the decision in terms of the available resources and what is most needed?