Joe Costello (Dublin Central, Labour)

I move amendment No. 9:

In page 53, to delete lines 19 and 20.

This amendment concerns any member of the Defence Forces who is a barrister or solicitor. I am proposing that where legal qualifications are involved, they should not be excluded from sitting as members of courts-martial. The situation is similar in the United Kingdom but solicitors and barristers are allowed to sit on juries in the civil courts and criminal cases.

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