Dáil debates
Wednesday, 21 April 2004
Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage.
10:30 am
Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
Article 9 of the Constitution, as much a political as a legal document, declares that fidelity to the nation and loyalty to the State are fundamental political duties of all citizens. It is important on occasion to remind Members who talk about citizenship that loyalty to this State, which has only one Army, is a fundamental political duty of all citizens
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