Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 24 June 2025

Committee on Defence and National Security

Recent Air Corps Developments: Discussion

2:00 am

Photo of Diarmuid WilsonDiarmuid Wilson (Fianna Fail)
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I join my colleagues in welcoming the Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces, the GOC of the Air Corps, the Secretary General and the other witnesses. I thank them for their contributions. I congratulate the Chief of Staff on his recent elevation to that role. His appointment has gone down very well with his colleagues, from the Army privates all the way up. I wish him well in the years ahead.

My first question is for the Secretary General. In response to my colleague Senator Gallagher asking about military attaché appointments, Ms McCrum said progress has been made and she hopes to have the matter concluded between this year and next year. She went on to say, if I heard her correctly, that military attachés can be either military or non-military personnel. Will she clarify what she meant by that?