Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 10 July 2025
Committee on Defence and National Security
General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed)
2:00 am
Catherine Callaghan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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There seems to be a focus, quite rightly, on investing in facilities and equipment. We can have all of those lovely things but if we are not properly investing in our personnel, everything else is for nothing. I will keep my focus in this committee on personnel. I thank the witnesses for their contributions and their expertise.