Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)

I take the Deputy's point about communicating the content of the charter to every member of the Defence Forces. I have no doubt that this was suggested to him but what we have done was requested at meetings of the representative associations and the military. It was requested that the charter be published on the intranet site and communicated to the medical aid posts and clinics. It was also requested that the medical aid officers be instructed to implement the charter in each brigade area. Nobody made a request to me to communicate the content of the charter to every individual but I am quite open to it if the representatives want to approach me in that regard.

Deputy Deenihan stated the charter is not displayed at all the appropriate locations. I was informed by the people to whom I spoke in recent days that it is displayed quite prominently in certain areas.

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