Liz McManus (Wicklow, Labour)

Question 10: To ask the Minister for Defence if, in relation to the removal of a person (details supplied) as chairman of the Civil Defence Board, he can reconcile, on the one hand, the statement of his predecessor in Dáil Éireann on 29 June 2004, that this person's actions in relation to three specified matters, which he had reviewed, had hampered the effective performance of the Civil Defence Board's functions pursuant to sections 8(1)([i]n[/i]) and 8(1)([i]o[/i]) of the Civil Defence Act 2002 and that his removal was necessary for the effective performance by the board of its functions, with, on the other hand, the terms of the agreed statement in settlement of the judicial review proceedings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12354/05]

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